Strengthening Communities, Innovating Community Wealth, And Building Local Prosperity, Together.

Our Mission

Our mission is to close the gap of economic disparities which harm the people of low-income, minority, and/or underserved areas of Metro Nashville and the Southeast. We will assist those who have been excluded and marginalized to build power and agency by creating cooperative ownership in business, housing and community development.

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SEC4CD is dedicated to providing free cooperative business education and training to worker cooperatives at all stages of development in Tennessee, the Southeast, and beyond.

Education and Training Programs

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Guidance for starting, expanding, or converting businesses to shared ownership models. Assistance with governance, strategic planning, and organizational development. Feasibility assessments, business planning, and marketing support

Technical Assistance and Business Support

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Non-extractive financing options through the New Economy of Tennessee (NET) Fund

Access to Financing

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In The Media

  • How Nashville Entrepreneurs Get Their Business Ideas Off the Ground

    Nashville Foodscapes
    WPLN This is Nashville
    June 8, 2023

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  • Memphis: Home of the Blues, Barbecue, and…Bagels?

    Lulu’s Café and Bakery
    Edible Memphis
    April 18, 2023

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  • The traditions and challenges of being a Black farmer in Tennessee

    Water Bear Cooperative Land Project
    WPLN This is Nashville
    April 18, 2023

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  • In Solidarity: Community Enterprise Clinic Transforms Businesses into Cooperatives

    Grow2Learn
    Vanderbilt University Law School
    April 11, 2023

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  • Keep on truckin’ in Middle Tennessee

    3rd Eye Trucking
    WPLN This is Nashville
    March 17, 2023

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  • Lulu’s Cafe and Bakery: New shop, same (tasty) signature plant-based fare and baked goods

    Lulu’s Café and Bakery
    Memphis Commercial Appeal
    January 28, 2023

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Co-op Cafés for networking, learning, and community engagement. Opportunities to meet other cooperative members and potential collaborators

Community Networking

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Check out Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives like Drakes Creek, FIRE, and more

Housing Cooperative Programs

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Can Churches and Faith Communities be a part of creating a new economy? We Think so! Help us build the co-op movement

Connect Faith and Labor

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