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Given our teams slower-to-start program launch in Q2 due to a few varying factors, such as the onboarding of our new worker cooperative small business coach and researching/understanding cooperatives as a whole, this quarter we began to make significant traction towards our overall work plan goals. We had canvassed at least 5 different community based events, hosted 2 successful events ourselves, joint-canvassed with 39th district State Representative, and provided direct coaching to 14 aspiring and current business owners. We had found the most success in our canvassing efforts at BACP's Small Business Expo on 9/30, connecting with over 75 individuals and spreading awareness of the Community Wealth Building Initiative. As a result of these efforts and other canvassing opporuntunites, we have secured a strong pipeline of prospective coaching clients that is extremrely likely to cover our remaining deliverables for Q4.

July was a bit slow to start and we lacked community interest and outreach opportunities, and as a result, our deliverables were slower to start in Q3. We also have had some challenges connecting with exisiting worker cooperatives here in the City of Chicago. This has limited our capacities to be able to effectively demonstrate the feasibility of worker cooperatives as a viable business model.

We leveraged BACP's Small Business Expo to spread the word about worker cooperatives as a whole and were able to capture contact information from over 75+ individuals interested in our services; separate from the folks who shared their information, we communicated the CWB Initiative to a very large number outside of those 75+ indiviudals. We also participated in joint-canvassing opportunities with our State Representative on 2 separate occasions. In addition, we took to our local Logan Square neighborhood for door-to-door canvassing as well to share basic worker cooperative educational materials and shared information regarding upcoming workshop opportunities.

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Our collaboration with Coop-Ed Center has expanded our outreach efforts to the community, bringing awareness to worker cooperatives as a viable business model. CWB Ecosystem has also given space for future collaborations with other organizations doing similar work.

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