"Sustainability"

Community Development Cooperative

About Us

The Community Development Cooperative is designed to make a difference. It is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Michigan. The organization's origins lie in the early 1980's. It was seen that Redford was going to be facing hard times in the future, so the organization concentrated on developing the arts, heritage and environment of the community. There were art shows, art fairs, art contests, art and historical video productions, historical art work, the beginings of a small community newspaper and community calendar, environmental projects, and other community development efforts.

Some projects worked out well, while others were before their time. There is more to the story, but that is for a different time. What we have is essentially the same idea in the design of the Community Development Cooperative as it was thirty years ago. The purpose is to accomplish.

It is over 10 years into the new millenium, and the question is, is this as good as it gets? We have things as they are because we tolerate them to be that way. In this day and age, this is not good enough. Things can be better.