At our summer retreat, the Board went through an intensive brainstorming session to flesh out the general vision of the food co-op. What features do we really care about, and what features do we think the community really cares about? The following list and diagram are a result of that visioning process, which is ongoing.
* Community Space
- education
- speakers
- demos
- meeting space
- yoga, fitness classes
- clubs and neighborhood groups
- connecting organizations
- bulletin board
- green spaces
- edible garden
* Fairness and Empowerment
- labor practices
- treatment and respect for animals
- affordability
- range of product prices
- diversity
- accessibility
* Involvement
* Creativity
- innovators
* Sustainability
- business practices
- supporting local economy
- organizational sustainability
- conflict resolution
- financial stability
- vendor relationships
- involved members
- collaborative with coops and nonprofits
- community focused
- cultural values and guidelines
- workers and board working together
- self-reliant community
- environmental
- increase local food production
- increase diversity of local food production
- support permaculture
* Health
- food
- organic
- diet
- nutrition
* Local
- highlight and promote local groceries and products
- source local
- in season produce with recipes
- encourage/support
- educate why
* Physical building
- urban farmers market
- accessible
- user friendly layout
- color coded
- symbol coded
- find what you need easily
- pleasant
- built ecologically friendly
- unisex bathrooms
- maternal feeding friendly
- shady and green
- multipurpose
- recycling and composting
- beautiful
*Simplicity
- focus on grocery products
- simple food in deli
- try to buy/use recyclable or simple packaging
- discounts for bringing in own packaging
- layout of store
* Location
- accessible
- bus line
- bike-able
- walkable
- parking available
- South Austin!
VISION MAP