Here you'll find a list of cooperative and collectively
run businesses in the Bay Area. Check out the links on the right
to find out more about how Rainbow's cooperative structure works
as well as some resources for starting your own cooperatively run
business.
AK Press - Distributor
of radical and independent boosk, pamphlets, magazines, CDs tapes, t-shirts,
stickers, and other merchandise.
P.O. Box 40682, San Francisco, 94140; (415) 864-0892;
*mail order only, no retail outlet.
Alvarado Street Bakery - certified supplier of Whole Grain Breads, Bagels and more
500 Martin Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928; (707) 585-3293
Arizmendi Bakery
- Bakery Pizzeria specializing in bread, pizza and pastries.
Oakland: 3265 Lakeshore, Oakland, 94610; (510) 268-8849
San Francisco: 1331 9th Ave., San Francisco, 94122 (415) 566-3117
Artist's Television Access (ATA) - A non-profit, artist-managed
collective media art center that offers instruction and access to
film, computer and video editing facilities.
992 Valencia St., San Francisco 94110; (415) 824-3890
Berkeley Free Clinic - Follows a client-centered philosophy and
offers: basic dental care, acute primary medical care, HIV testing and counseling,
sexually-transmitted disease treatment, men's sexually-transmitted disease
screening, peer counseling and information & referral services.
2339 Durant Ave., Berkeley, 94704; (510) 548-1666; bfc@lanminds.com
Bound Together Bookstore - Best anarchist bookstore in the world.
1369 Haight St., San Francisco, 94117; (415) 431-8355
Cheeseboard and Cheeseboard Pizza - Bakery, morning coffee and
pastries, cheese store and pizza.
Cheeseboard: 1504 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 94709; (510) 549-3183
Cheeseboard Pizza: 1512 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 94709; (510) 549-3055
CLIQ
Services Cooperative - Computer hardware and software development
with emphasis on the internet. "We geek hard so you don't have
to."
65 Eastwood Court, Oakland, 94611; (510) 339-3007
Collectively
Explorative Learning Labs, CELL - A collectively-run community
arts center offering workshops in wood, metal, music, dance, theatre,
puppetry and sewing. Space is offered to the public for gatherings,
exhibitions, conferences and ceremonies.
2050 Bryant St., San Francisco 94110; (415) 648-7562; cell@sirius.com
Cooperative
Digital - Information Design.
1442 - Walnut St. #344, Berkeley, 94709; (510) 644-8085
Copwatch - Grassroots all-volunteer organization which
works to defend the right of victims and survivors of police brutality
to fair treatment under the law; provides legal referrals and assistance
with filing Police Review Commission complaints.
2022 Blake St., Berkeley, 94704; (510) 548-0425
Cupid
Courier Collective - San Francisco bicycle messenger service.
P.O. Box 313 San Francisco, 94104; (415) 720-2536
The Girl Army - Women's self-defense collective.
1051 5th Ave., Studio C, Oakland, 94606; (415) 835-4728
Inkworks
- A union print shop that has for over 23 years provided
high quality, affordable printing of medium-run bulletins and brochures
for community organizations and non-profits.
2827 Seventh St., Berkeley, 94710; (510) 845-7111
Juice Bar Collective Restaurant - Offers a variety of prepared
foods and freshley squeezed juices; primarily take-out.
2441 Vine St., Berkeley, 94709; (510) 548-8473
Long Haul/Infoshop - An activist resource center, political
reading room/storefront, and community space.
3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, 94705; (510) 540-0751
Missing link Bicycle Cooperative - Selling new and used
bicycles, repairing bikes and renting them since way back when.
1988 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, 94704; (510) 843-7471; workers@missinglink.org
924
Gilman Street - Punk Rock Collective and Venue
924 Gilman St., Berkeley, 94710; (510) 525-9926
Other Avenues Food Store - Food store specializing in
bulk foods, organic foods and environmentally friendly cleaning
products.
3930 Judah St. @ 44th, San Francisco , (415) 661-7475
Pacific Programmer's Cooperative - Contract programming
and web applications.
610 16th St., #321, Oakland, 94612; (510) 836-7509
People's
Grocery - Non-profit, community-based food delivery service
820 Wood St. Oakland CA 94607; (510) 763-0328
Pedal express - The only non-motorized cargo delivery service
in the Bay Area providing regularly scheduled route service.
P.O. Box 10141, Berkeley, 94709; (510) 843-7339
La Peña Cultural Center - Multicultural music,
books and crafts.
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, 94705; (510) 849-2568 Red Vic
Movie House - Independent cinema for rep, cult and premiere
films.
1727 Haight St., San Francisco, 94117; (415) 668-8999
San
Francisco Mime Troupe - Creating and producing socially
relevant theatre of the highest professional quality and performing
it beore the widest possible audience.
855 Treat Ave., San Francisco, 94110; (415) 285-1717
