Green Fields Market Expansion & Relocation Project Update
Greetings! We are making meaningful progress in our Expansion & Relocation Project to relocate Green Fields Market into the former Wilson’s Department Store building. In mid-May we received a preliminary offer from MassDevelopment to provide reasonable financing for a significant portion of the amount required to take on this challenging renovation. Although final approvals are required and various contingencies must be met, this is a major – and truly thrilling…
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GCC Food Pantry Giving Circle
By Franklin Community Co-op Board member Wendy Sibbison To join and donate, click here! Franklin Community Co-op Global End E7: “The Co-op will champion justice in Franklin County…by increasing access to healthy food for people of every socioeconomic status.”Are you going a little crazy deciding where to put your oar into today’s troubled waters? Do you know that the US Department of Agriculture has cancelled $400,000 in food deliveries to…
Values Member-Owner Forum • May 8, 2025
Please drop in for five minutes (or more) and tell us what’s important to you! Dear member-owners, If you were at our Annual Meeting in March, you know we’d hoped to share some of our recent work on our Co-op’s values and hear from those in attendance, but time constraints got in the way. We’d be grateful if you, as a member-owner, would join us on Thursday, May 8 for…
Co-Op Cookie Decorating Workshop
Co-op Outreach & Communications Manager Caitlin and eight intrepid cookie decorators had a great time at our Cookie Decorating Workshop in April. The results proved that everyone can decorate an absolutely beautiful cookie. Thanks to all the attendees for joining us! Here’s some of the beautiful work done by our guests!
We welcome our new Board members!
We are pleased to welcome four new Board members to the Franklin Community Co-op family! Dave Campbell, Tammy Erickson (a current Board member prior to the election), Peter Garbus (a returning Board member), and Kelly Moore were elected by our member-owners; the election was finalized at the Co-op’s Annual Meeting on March 2 and the new members will begin their terms on March 12. We look forward to their participation…
Green Fields Market Expansion & Relocation Project Update
In the Last Two Months Greetings! Since our last message to you, our work to expand into the former Wilson’s building remains on hold as we wait for the space to become available. We continue to support Mass Development as they work to find a solution that is beneficial to all. We were heartened that our state legislative delegation met with Mass Development on Nov. 19 to express their support…
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Join the FCC Board at One of Four Forums to Define Our Shared Co-op Values
What you value matters! Please join us to define our shared Co-op values The Board is exploring what values Co-op member-owners hold most dear. These will serve as a guidepost for future decisions and priorities. As you may know, the Board is in the midst of re-evaluating our “Ends” policies. Under our system of governance, Ends policies are specific goals the Board provides to the General Manager with regard to…
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Become a Franklin Community Co-op Board Member!
Our Board of Directors is looking for member-owners to help guide the Co-op by sitting on the Board. If you are interested in serving your community-owned food co-op, please complete and submit Board application and nomination forms, which are due at Green Fields Market by January 31, 2025. If nominated and elected, you’ll become an important part of a progressive organization important to the economy, vibrancy, and livability of our…
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Our 2024 Co-op Shopper Survey Is Live!
Do you shop at the Co-op? We want your feedback! We want it SO MUCH that we’re giving away two $50 gift cards a week for each of the three weeks of the survey, with the winners chosen randomly each week from all participants. Your opinions will help us help you have a better shopping experience at our stores. Fill the survey out online or ask a cashier for a…
Local, State, and Federal Leaders Tour Wilson’s Building
On October 22 and 23, Co-op General Manager John Williams gave tours of the former Wilson’s Department Store building to two tours of local, state, and federal officials followed by a conversation in our community room at 170 Main St. about the Green Fields Market Relocation and Expansion Project. Visitors included Mark-Antonio Williams, Regional Director for Senator Warren; Scott Soares, USDA Rural Development State Director for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and…
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Green Fields Market Expansion & Relocation Project Update • October 15, 2024
Greetings!Moving Green Fields Market into the former Wilson’s Building is an exciting proposition, one that we are working hard to achieve. The Board of Directors and FCC staff have formed a joint working group for the express purpose of communicating regularly with member-owners and with the broader community regarding FCC’s planned expansion of Green Fields Market. We’re eager to share with you some of the progress made so far.Going forward,…
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A Visit with Congressman Jim McGovern
On April 26, we welcomed Rep. Jim McGovern and Regional Manager Koby Gardner-Levine to town. Co-op General Manager John Williams gave a tour of the former Wilson’s Department Store building, followed by a conversation in our community room at 170 Main St. about the Green Fields Market Relocation and Expansion Project. Others included Anne Gobi, director of Rural Affairs; Elena Cohen, district director of the Office of Sen. Jo Comerford;…
Have you seen our new e-newsletter?
You can check out the Co-op’s new monthly e-newsletter here. Read old issues or sign up to receive them monthly; you don’t have to be a member! We share recipes, board profiles, product information, working-member volunteer opportunities, and more! Keep updated on the goings on here at the Co-op!
Welcome, New FCC Board Members!
Joshua Bell Jonathan Daen Graunt Kruger Victoria “Tori” Luksha Jenifer Ollis Wendy Sibbison We warmly welcome the six new board of director members who were voted in at the 2024 Annual Meeting on Sunday, March 6. We’re so happy to have them aboard! Watch for board member profiles in our new e-newsletter and 5 Minutes with a Board Member events in our calendar. Look for the summer New Beet coming…
FCC Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal, Receives $1.6M in Member Loans and Donations!
Our Capital Campaign ended on Sunday, October 1 and thanks to our incredible member-owners and community, we have exceeded our campaign goal of $1.5M and received $1.63M in member loans and non tax deductible donations! Thank you! Your support and investment in us and in this project is incredible. The tremendous success of our campaign will help show the strong support of our expansion when we connect with other lenders,…
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Over $1M in Member Loans Received for the Expansion Project
Thanks to our AMAZING member-owners, we have exceeded our first Capital Campaign goal of $1M! Our members have invested $1,014,000M in loans to our expansion and relocation into the historic Wilson’s Building, and the paperwork is still coming in. What’s next? Help us reach our final Campaign goal of $1.5M to show other lenders that our members strongly support this project. October 1 is the final deadline to submit your…
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Growing Together: Invest in Our Co-op and Greenfield!
Our amazing member-owners have committed $620k to support the expansion of Green Fields Market into the historic Wilson’s Building! We are so grateful and thankful to everyone who has invested in us and in the future of Greenfield so far. THANK YOU! If you can help us reach our goal of raising a minimum of $1M with a total goal of $1.5M in member-owner loans, please contact our Capital Campaign…
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Over $500k Committed in Member Investments to Our Expansion!
As of Friday, May 26, our member-owners have committed to $544k in member loans with $241k already received towards our Green Fields Market expansion and relocation to the historic Wilson’s Building! Get involved in this incredible moment to invest not only in our food co-op but in the future of Greenfield. Ask for a capital campaign info brochure in either store, or contact our Capital Campaign team at capitalcampaigninfo@franklincommunity.coop or…
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Capital Campaign Member Forum: Thursday, April 17
Join us for a Capital Campaign member forum on Thursday, April 17 in the Franklin Community Co-op Community Room! Our Capital Campaign Committee will share more information about how you can get involved in this exciting next phase of the expansion and relocation of Green Fields Market to the historic Wilson’s Building. For questions or more information, please contact the committee at capitalcampaigninfo@franklincommunity.coop and (413) 489-3203.
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Virtual Member Forum: January 2023
Join us for a virtual member forum in January to discuss and share ideas about the expansion and relocation of Green Fields Market. The Zoom link is available now in the member forum and will be sent out via email and available to members leading up to the forum. For more information or questions, please contact Amy, Outreach and Communications Manager, 413-325-8802 or Amy.britt@franklincommunity.coop.
We’re Growing! FCC Signs a Purchase and Sale Agreement
After years of exploring alternative sites in downtown Greenfield for Green Fields Market, we have signed a purchase and sale for the expansion and relocation of the market to the historic Wilson’s Building. The Community Builders (TCB) and Mass Development, brought together by the City of Greenfield, have agreed to purchase and redevelop Wilson’s building. As part of this agreement, FCC’s expansion will relocate Green Fields Market to the first…
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The latest on the Expansion
Spring is finally springing, and, as many of you heard at last month’s Annual Meeting, we are also ‘thawing out’ our expansion explorations! What this means right now is that we are once more in active dialogue about the Wilson’s property and its potential as an expansion location, and, are continuing to explore all possibilities for revenue expansion throughout our organization and area. We will continue to provide updates as…
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FCC MEMBER-OWNERS
We all experienced the excitement at our January 2020 gathering where it was announced that a relocation to the Wilson’s Department store building was being explored for the expansion of Green Fields Market. None of us were aware at that time of the dramatic social and financial disruption that would be created by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic only one month later. In the intervening months, FCC staff have…
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Thank You, Community!
This photo, from board member Andy Grant, really captures the energy and excitement that was in the room at our first Community Forum on January 29th! If you were unable to attend, but are curious to know what members and community members alike were reflecting on during the conversation, please follow this link to a PDF of the questions and comments we collected on the feedback cards that evening. These…
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Let’s Grow Together!
The Franklin Community Co-op is excited to announce that as part of our ongoing expansion exploration process, we are currently engaged in negotiating a potential partnership with Kevin O’Neil to occupy the former Wilson’s department store space on the ground floor. As a community-owned and community-grown business, we appreciate the opportunity that this transition could present for preserving this landmark space as a flagship economic anchor for downtown Greenfield and…