REDI Innovation Hub Cooperatives Program

Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho (REDI) is developing a program to assist municipalities in supporting local communities to develop innovation hub cooperatives.

What are Innovation Hub Cooperatives?

Innovation hub cooperatives are buildings that serve as neighborhood destinations for innovation culture - designed, governed and owned by local communities as cooperatives, based on the solidarity cooperative framework.

What are examples of Innovation Hub Cooperatives?

Commongrounds is a 50,000 s.f. innovation hub cooperative in Traverse City, Michigan, which serves as both a pilot project and learning laboratory. It is presently the only project of its kind in the country - a mixed-use community building that is owned and governed as a cooperative.

What systems do Innovation Hub Cooperatives use?

• Co-Creation Systems
• Self Organizing Systems

Resources

• Catalyst hub cooperatives - A similar model to innovation hub cooperatives, supported by Be The Change Cooperative.