11 July 2024
Listen to today’s interview about the benefits of co-ops and how co-ops, as community-owned enterprises, are keeping key businesses alive in regional areas on ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons today with BCCM’s Melina Morrison, Leigh Bowden from The Coota District Co-Op and Graham Creed from Dungog Wholefood Co-op.
Co-ops are important to the economic stability of regional towns and easing the cost of living pressures!
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