Child care center created through spirit of cooperation of electric coops and community leaders

• Published in: Rural Cooperatives Vol. 84; no. 5; pp. 32 - 33
• Main Author: Kesler, Clarice L
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Superintendent of Documents 01-09-2017
• Subjects: Child care; Community; Congregational churches; Cooperatives; Day care centers; Electric power; Employers; Local businesses; Principles; Rural development
• ISSN: 1088-8845; 2169-2203

Community leaders stepped up to find a solution, soon focusing on the idea of a child care cooperative to meet the deficit. Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a major employer in the area, led a group of seven local businesses to build support for the co-op. If this co-op model proves successful, partners are already looking to form another cooperative in the nearby town of Beulah, N.D. Area employers involved in starting the child care cooperative: * Basin Electric Power Cooperative and its subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Co. * Sakakawea Medical Center * North American Coal Corporation, representing the Coteau Properties Co. and Coyote Creek Mining Co. * Union State Bank * Knife River Care Center * Coal Country Community Health Centers * Coyote Station * Hazen Public Schools The Rural Electric and Telecommunications Development Centerwas launched in 1994 by the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC).