Bill Gessner
Bill Gessner is a consultant with over 20 years of experience assisting over 150 retail and wholesale cooperatives with a primary focus on planning and expansion/relocation projects.
Author's Articles
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Expansion projects for food co-ops fall somewhere between a labyrinth and a maze. |
180 Sept-Oct 2015 | November 13, 2015 |
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The collective progress in collaboration that the food co-op sector has achieved over the past decade has been significant and inspiring. |
178 May-June 2015 | May 27, 2015 |
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More than half of our food co-ops have engaged in planning and implementing an expansion project during the past three years. |
120 September - October - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Every expansion is unique in some respect, but the universal truth is that building a larger facility includes taking on a bigger role in the community. |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
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Food co-ops expanding from one to two stores must navigate a challenging and perilous course. |
134 Jan - Feb - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
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Where we gonna get the grubstake? |
129 march - april - 2007 | March 28, 2007 |
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The collective progress in collaboration that the food co-op sector has achieved over the past decade has been significant and inspiring. |
111 March - April - 2004 | March 16, 2004 |
Losing Market Share?Many of today's retail food cooperatives now have a history of ten to twenty years. |
033 March - April - 1991 | January 9, 2004 |
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Cooperatives undertaking special projects such as a move or major expansion should distinguish between "operations" and "project." I will make such a distinction, present a view of project manageme |
046 May - June - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
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Our cooperatives are truly empowering organizations, in origin and in practice, in vision and in mission, in theory and in action. |
063 March - April - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Many co-ops talk about the need to move or expand for years. Often it is all talk, with a few false starts and little formal planning or action. |
083 July - August - 1999 | January 8, 2004 |
Cooperatives need to pursue debt capital from members through the creation of member loan programs and member loan drives.The purpose of this article is to suggest some of the basic pr |
086 January - February - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |
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You have successfully navigated the stormy waters of a relocation/expansion project. |
099 March - April - 2002 | January 7, 2004 |