New York State Worker Ownership

• Ward Lumber – Our Cooperative
• NCPR – Employees officially take charge at North Country’s largest worker-owned co-operative (2021)
• Senator Gillibrand – Gillibrand Celebrates Ward Lumber’s Transition At ‘Board’ Cutting Ceremony (2021)
• ANCA – Ward Lumber Becomes Worker-owned Cooperative (2021) video

• CDI – Ward Lumber Transitions to Employee Ownership (2021)
• NNY360 – Small Business Success Column: What is a worker cooperative? (2022)
• Webb Analytics – 5 Things to Know About Ward Lumber’s Move to Co-Op Ownership That You Can Use (2021)
• Adirondack Almanack – In historic move, Ward Lumber transitions ownership to cooperative (2021)
• Capital Impact Partners – Employee Ownership: The Power of the Cooperative Model to Build Opportunity and Wealth for Worker-Owners and Their Communities (2021)
• LBM Journal – Ward Lumber transitions ownership to employees (2021)
• SUNY – Chancellor Malatras and New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Interim Director Tammy Morrow Joint Statement on Ward Lumber Transitioning Ownership to Employees with Help of SUNY Canton SBDC (2021)
• Malone Telegram – Ward Lumber converts Malone, Jay businesses to employee-owned spots (2021)
• The Sun – For employees, a good time to own a lumber yard (2021)
• The Sun – Ward Lumber completes historic transition to employee ownership (2021)
• CDI – CDI’s Business Ownership Solutions Visits the Adirondack North Country (2019)