#2514: Los Alamos Cooperatives are 'Keeping It Co-Op' with a New Community Park...

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Los Alamos, NM, cooperatives are building a community park. But this isn't any ordinary park. This outdoor area on Los Alamos Schools Credit Union's downtown property will be built to showcase the coolness of cooperatives -- all stemmed from the credit union banding a team of local cooperatives together to get this done.

NACUSO Director/Membership & Advocacy Development Officer Denise Wymore, who lives in the area, and Matt Schmidt, CEO of Los Alamos Schools Credit Union, got ball rolling on this project with several other area cooperatives to build the “Co-Op Park in Los Alamos.” Here's what the park will offer locals and visitors:

• Sense of community
• Outdoor youth education with Little Forest Playschool
• Live concerts and performances
• Additional green space in downtown Los Alamos
• Community garden
• A place for youth to safely gather

Los Alamos Schools Credit Union is constructing a new facility downtown Los Alamos, opening in Summer 2021. A green space approximately 80' x 80' in the northeast corner of the property was presented to the group as an opportunity to partner together to develop a community Co-Op Park.

Phase I of the Co-Op Park, scheduled to be completed in 2021, includes landscaping, picnic tables, benches, raised gardens, shade canopies, a wall foundation, walls, stucco, fencing, and stage electrical. Phase II will be completed in 2022 and includes the stage foundation and stage canopy.

Here's where you can find out more information and donate to help them reach their fundraising goals:
https://cooppark.org/
http://keepitcoop.org/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/coop-park

And watch the entire episode with Denise and Matt for all the details.

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