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The Cooperative Port at Grötö

On my island we started some 15 years ago and created a parental childcare centre, a user coop. Now it has change to become a community coop with different activities such as, library, leisure centre, telecottage etc. We start activities that are fulfilling our needs on the island. And you have to know it's a very small community, we are just a hundred persons living there. The two latest projects that we have fulfilled are a new port and a windmill. The port has been created in a local partnership and it has facilities that are given all people, also those of us with disabilities, access to the sea. The partnership was created by the Island Coop, The sailing association for disabled persons, the Port cooperative, and the municipality and partly financed by European Structural Funds. Last year we also started our first cooperative windmill, the windmill provides us energy to a lower cost and makes us more independent.

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Posted: 19 July 2000