Keystone Development Center

04/09/2026

The first Town Hall - “Your Community Covered” - for the Pittsburgh Alliance for People-Empowered Reporting (PAPER) to hear from Pittsburgh people about how to shape a worker-led news organization was a great success!

04/02/2026

2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer. To kick of its observance, we’ll be having Noémi Giszpenc, Executive Director of The Keystone Development Center (KDC) on the show this Thursday. Tune in to learn more about her work at KDC.

03/30/2026

And we're OFF!! Follow our Cooperative Repair Retreat journey thru the sacred Shenandoah Valley Obari Cartman Keystone Development Center Industrial Workers of the World

03/26/2026

In the Pittsburgh area June 9?
If you're a business owner, eventually (and hopefully!) you will be making a transition of ownership to someone. Finding a fair way to exit your business, and at the right time, is complicated! Maybe your buyers are your own employees?
This event will introduce you to a few ways that can go.
KDC's Ron Gaydos be leading a workshop on worker-owned cooperatives, the fastest growing form of employee ownership in the US. Join us on June 9!

Small businesses play a vital role in the resilience and durability of the Pittsburgh regional economy. Yet many business owners find running a business so time-consuming; they haven’t planned for their long-term future. This conference will educate owners on the available options.

03/23/2026

Pittsburgh area people! Wondering what the awesome journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will be up to after the paper closes?

Come to the Cooperative town Hall to help build the vision!

https://actionnetwork.org/events/paper-town-hall-1-building-our-shared-vision-of-pittsburgh-journalism?source=direct_link&

03/23/2026

03/21/2026

It was great to provide a Co-opoly game set to the Freeman Family Farm and Market for Lisa Freeman to introduce cooperatives, worker and community ownership of businesses, and democratic business management!

02/12/2026

Curious to learn more about Co-operative Development?
Our friends at the CooperationWorks! Finance Fundamentals: Assessing Feasibility for New Cooperatives training is starting soon! This interactive, hands-on training is for anyone interested in Cooperative Development.
In this intensive training, participants will learn the foundations of assessing feasibility through creating a financial workbook, conducting research, and summarizing their findings.
The course runs from March 10-April 2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each day runs for three hours, beginning at 11am PT/12pm MT/1pm CT/2pm ET and ending at 2pm PT/3pmMT/4pm CT/5pm ET. Check out our friends for more details and to register today!

02/11/2026

The bike shop has provided bike services to the community since 2021 and is now run by five people, who all have an equal share in the business.

02/05/2026

Are you at the PPasa Sustainable Agricultureconference? Come visit us at our trade show booth! We are excited to cooperate with you!

12/22/2025

Are you looking for last minute gifts? Shop Co-op this holiday season!

Shop Co-op: 2025 Holiday Gift Guide This list pulls from lists around the internet, including National Cooperative Business Association, Everything Co-op, US Federation of Worker Co-ops, Georgia Cooperative Development Center, and Southeast Center for Cooperative Development. Are we missin...