Park Slope Food Coop
780 Union Street | also 782 Union Street | Park Slope | built 1920
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- 1980
The Park Slope Food Coop buys its Union Street building after two years as a tenant
The Coop began renting 782 Union Street in 1978, on a two-year lease with an option to buy. Expecting to purchase it, the Coop finished renovations the next year and bought the building in 1980. Before that it had shared space with the Mongoose Community Center and then rented directly from a landlord.
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- 2009
The Coop pays off the last $707,000 of its mortgage early, without a penalty
In December 2009 the Park Slope Food Coop paid the remaining $707,000 on the mortgage covering all three of its buildings. The prepayment carried no penalty, because the lender, National Cooperative Bank, was in need of help following the 2008-2009 banking crisis.
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- 2011
The New York Times reports that some members send nannies to work their Coop shifts
Every adult in a member household owes the Coop a shift of labor, a rule that drew criticism through the 2000s. In February 2011 The New York Times reported allegations that some members were having their nannies cover those shifts for them.
“In 2011, The New York Times also reported allegations in February 2011 that some members were asking their nannies to cover their work shifts.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2020
The Coop drops its member work requirement for the first time in its history
On March 23, 2020 the Coop suspended the shifts its members normally work, to lower the risk of COVID-19 infection for its paid staff. It was the first time this had happened since the Coop began. The store ran on existing and temporary paid workers alone until mid-October 2020. A voluntary member labor program then began for select jobs.
“On Monday, March 23, 2020, for the first time in their history, the Coop suspended their member work requirement…”
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