CCWBE Report

Organization:
Business Services Collective, NFP
Reporting Period:
Feb 2024
Submitted on:
February 29, 2024
Submitted By:
Nitikaji Nautiyal

Pre-Development Projects

Project Goals

What proportion of Goal 1 overall is complete at this point?

10%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that impacted goal 1 in the last month?

We finalized our contract with the consultant who would help us with this goal only in February. Now that the consultant for developing the feasibility study is onboard, this work should move faster.

What proportion of Goal 2 overall is complete at this point?

30%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that you impacted goal 2 in the last month?

We are on track with where we hoped to be with this goal because significant progress has been accomplised with the leadership group

What proportion of Goal 3 overall is complete at this point?

20%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that you impacted goal 3 in the last month?

The internal work with marketing agency has been moving but the work with the digital tools has not yet started because that consultant was recently hired

CWB Ecosystem

Did you access Technical Assistance for your CWB project last month?

No

Which TA provider(s) did you work with within the Phase I CWEB grantees?

Which TA providers did you work with OUTSIDE of the Phase I CWEB grantees?

Did someone from your organization attend the Working Group this month?

Yes

How would you rate the usefulness of the working group to your project last month? (on a scale of 1-5)

Very useful

How would you rate the usefulness of the Working Group for building community?

Very useful

What have been the two most valuable contributions of the Working Group this month?

Knowledge
Community Building

Please share any comments about the working group meetings.

Reporting requirements clarified; Solidarity in the community around anxiety about funding and the repercussions on the work

How many TOTAL housing units did you preserve or create last month? (it is okay if the answer is zero)

0

How many TOTAL CWB businesses did you develop last month? (it is okay if the answer is zero)

0

Community Engagement

Number of stakeholder meetings held related to your Pre-Development Project?

10

Number of community meetings attended last month related to your Pre-Development Project?

4

Organizational Capacity

Service / Capacity

Service Capacity

Accounting & Financial Management

3 some ability

Advocacy

N/A

Conflict Resolution

1 limited ability

Cooperative Development and Operations

3 some ability

Education & Training

3 some ability

Fundraising or Raising Capital

4

Governance / Legal

1 limited ability

Marketing & Communications

1 limited ability

Other

N/A

Project Management

3 some ability

Real Estate Acquisition & Development

N/A

Relationship Building

5 extensive ability

Research

1 limited ability

Other (please describe and include ranking)

As a purchasing cooperative idea, one of our biggest challenges is to figure out how we will transition from BSC the non profit to BSC's co-op in ways that do not create any conflict of interest but do keep us in a position to bring the historical knowledge we have gathered since 2019 as well as the resources we can bring for the co-op.

What constraints or limitations with internal capacity is the organizarion experiencing related to its Pre-Development Project?

We are not tracking on feasibility study as per the plan; We have been able to hire SRI as our lead consultant;

What opportunities, if any, did the organization take advantage of related to its Pre-Development Project?

We are making consistent progress and building at the speed of trust

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