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We made significant progress in identifying needs through existing and new market research as well as updating those with

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The leadership circle met in person as well as made a few collective decisions around who else to invite to the group and how and what group activity to engage in during their in person time. In addition we made progress on a financial model for the co-op.

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BSC rebranded itself to Builders Avenue and a big part of this rebrand is the marketing around the shared services cooperative. We are trying to strike the delicate balance of launching the rebrand and not encroaching in the cooperative's space. While the new website has a dedicated page to the co-op with a video focusing on our April 11 co-op event, the Builders Avenue brand is not reflective of the co-op which will make it's own decisions on its brand.

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The in-person meeting was a great way to connect with our fellow CWB cohort members and learn about common issue each of us is facing as we navigate the challenges of the financial burden of this work while waiting for City reimbursements

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With help from Dr. Assata Richards of SRI, we were able to navigate two instances of conflict resolution, one within the leadership circle and the second between BSC (now Builders Avenue) and the co-op. However, navigating the City procedures around funding has put significant barriers in our ability of fundraising and raising capital

The City's reimbursement process has been extremely taxing on us as a small non profit. We have exhausted our line of credit and had to postpone several vendor payments due to the delays. We would have almost missed making payroll for July had it not been for other funders who preponed the disbursement of their funding at our expedited requests. This process has been excruciatingly difficult for us to navigate and we are constantly disappointed in the outcomes from the City. We wonder how non profits smaller than us are navigating this without access to lines of credit or flexible forms of funding from their funders.

The lines of distinction between BSC the non profit and the Shared Services Co-op emerged during the rebrand discussions and the launch of Builders Avenue. It was a challenging yet educational experience of how we need to think about the power dynamics that the non profit holds on the co-op, which is in it's infancy, through its position as the custodian of the pre-development grant..