From VancouverFoodorg to VFCBizPlan.com

The history of the Vancouver Food Cooperative and its progress toward a business plan is easy to construct based on past board minutes. Key players have included the interim board (IB), Northwest Cooperative Development Center, and individuals such as Stuart Reid of the Food Co-Op 500 (which provided grants and other support), Bill Gessner of Cooperative Development Services, and Pete Davis (also of CDS).

With the full cooperation of Cooperative Grocer Information Network, other area cooperatives, and the National Cooperative Grocers Association, VFC has enjoyed every advantage and help toward responsible business planning.

Historical support for a west Vancouver store within the broader Vancouver community is documented at VFC-General.

Views expressed on this web site do not necessarily represent those of all members or the entire board of the Vancouver Food Cooperative, a not-for-profit corporation founded under RCW 24.06 on March 21, 2006. Content is intended to educate current and potential owners as to the history and potential of the original goal from 2003: to open a modest cooperative grocery store in west Vancouver, Washington, preferably within the primary market area south of 39th Street and west of Interstate 5.