Don't sell out — leave a legacy.
Founders and business-owners can move on, knowing that their legacy is secure—that the business they built, and the community of people who drive it and rely on it, will thrive into the future.
Future generations enjoy the sense of place and community so familiar to those of us who have grown to love Portland and the Pacific Northwest.
Our region remains one of the best places in the world to live, work, and play, setting a global example of what a place can be, maintaining its character and helping other communities to do likewise in their own ways.
We’re a cooperative group of businesses coming together to help each other — including our workers, and the communities we serve — navigate the big shifts that are happening in the world right now.
We're doing this by buying out some owners who are ready to move on, and by working closely with others who share our values, all to help ensure that people here can thrive in the face of inevitable change.
You're ready for a change — you want to retire, switch careers, or move away — but you don't want to sell your business to a big corporation or a private equity firm.
We're buying companies that can be operated by existing staff.
Then we help them — the businesses, and the staff — help each other.