In the time leading up to the end of our fundraiser (the remainder of 2021 and the first half of 2022), we will be working on setting up the framework for our project's activities by constructing a website, establishing regular procedures, starting regular distribution of informational materials, and beginning our efforts with networking among our local communities and the cooperative movement.

Once we obtain the funds from our fundraiser we will be able to afford the costs associated with the legal and consultative services that will help us to transform our project into a legally incorporated non-profit that will lead the movement to establish a local cooperative community in Greensboro. Once we obtain incorporated status, we will be qualified to join local and national networks of cooperatives and local self-reliance organizations. The funds from our fundraiser will enable us to afford the dues associated with these organizations, and in turn, we will be able to take advantage of the services and networking opportunities that they offer, which will significantly aid our efforts.
With the base support of these cooperative networks and the legal security and legitimacy of incorporation, we will be able to take more active measures to promote cooperative education and organization, including efforts to address poverty and lack of economic opportunity in a variety of ways, including:

• Creation of worker cooperatives to provide stable jobs and widespread business ownership,
• Establishment of housing cooperatives to enable more people to have a greater degree of security and ownership of their homes,
• Utilizing other forms of consumer cooperatives such as grocery and childcare cooperatives to ease the strain of the rising cost of living, and
• Setting up programs for mutual aid and community service that will help to relieve the immediate symptoms of economic distress until we are able to overcome this poverty crisis.

We intend to do this by working with a wide range of actors, including local government officials, other organizations in the cooperative movement, and the organizations, leaders and members in our local community. We hope that each one of these participating groups will play an important role in our project:

• Local government officials can use their position to contribute some of the city’s resources,
• Other organizations in the cooperative movement can contribute various forms of technical and financial assistance to these cooperatives, and
• Community organizations and leaders can use their organizational power to engage members of our local community.

If we meet our goal for fundraising, we hope that the remaining funds will allow us to continue the work of our movement. It is our intention that the funds left over after operational expenses, consultation costs, and membership dues will keep our organization running until it builds up a base of financial support that is large enough to sustain it.