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Green Mountain Graphics was founded in 1969 in New York City, designing and manufacturing signage for businesses and property owners. Its current owner, Eric Greenberg, took over ownership from his father in 1994. Under Eric’s ownership the business grew significantly,…Read More

GreenTree Co-op Market launched their new location as an anchor tenant of 410 W Broadway St, a mixed-use development in Mt. Pleasant’s downtown center, immediately to the west of City Hall. According to the City of Mt. Pleasant, efforts have…Read More

Stop and Compare, an independent supermarket with locations in Lynn and Chelsea, Massachusetts, is a family-owned and operated neighborhood supermarket formed in 1996 by Cuban immigrants Al and Betty Calvo with the goal of “connecting culture and community through authentic…Read More

Founded in 2008 by Caribbean immigrants Gregory Minott and Troy Depeiza, DREAM Collaborative (“DREAM”) is an architecture firm located in Boston focused on creating beautiful, authentic places and enabling better outcomes through neighborhood centric design. Since then, the DREAM team has…Read More

Big Duck is a boutique consulting shop that works exclusively with nonprofit clients, supporting them with branding, fundraising, and awareness-based campaigns. Originally founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1994 by Sarah Durham, the worker cooperative will have 13 initial worker-owners. The…Read More

At Nubian Market with Secretary Kennealy and our TA Analyst, Chris Hunter. August 10th, 2021. Last Tuesday, we had the opportunity to visit and hear from Boston small businesses with Mike Kennealy, the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Housing and Economic Development.…Read More

Evanston Development Cooperative (EDC) is a worker-owned cooperative providing design-build services in Evanston, IL, with a focus on construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) or “coach houses”. EDC was launched in 2018 with a vision of building affordable, sustainable housing,…Read More

LEAF’s Elevate Small Business team has been awarded a grant of $100,000 for the provision of technical assistance to both current and prospective minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses that contract with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Our team will engage with…Read More

LEAF’s newest staff member, Jose Luis Rojas Villereal, joined us in September of 2019 to serve as a Managing Director of LEAF. His role includes the administration of the Massachusetts Food Trust Program in addition to worker cooperative pipeline development…Read More

The Massachusetts Food Trust Program (MFTP) has awarded grants to two projects in Eastern MA, supporting access to healthy food in Lowell and Lynn.  Mill City Grows, a Lowell-based nonprofit that “increases community access to healthy, fresh food through the…Read More

Lawyers for Civil Rights NAACP The Massachusetts Bail Fund…Read More

LEAF’s Elevate Small Business team has been awarded a grant of $75,000 for the provision of technical assistance to both current and prospective minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses that contract with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Our team will engage with…Read More