Majavan tila osk founded
By Federico Leva
It’s happening! Just a short update.
The cooperative
Majavan tila osk is a new Finnish cooperative created to support the commons and ecological reconstruction by providing people-centric community spaces in Helsinki.
From our bylaws, in Finnish:
Osuuskunnan tarkoituksena on tukea ekologista jälleenrakennusta ja yhteisten resurssien hallintaa, muun muassa tarjoten tiloja yhteistoimintaan ja -elämään. […] Osuuskunta pyrkii auttamaan palvelemiaan yhteisöjä emergiatehokkuuden lisäämisessä ja hiili-intensiivisyyden vähentämisessä, ollen samalla avoin paikallisille ja vähemmistöihin kuuluville ihmisille, kuten alkuperäiskansoille ja etnisille sekä seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöille.
We’re a multilingual cooperative. We also have an official name in Swedish (Bävergård anl) and English (Beaver’s den co-op). The website will become more multilingual over time.
The founding
The cooperative was founded on 2024-06-12 in Helsinki.
After years of discussions and research about real estate cooperatives, the idea suddenly became concrete on 2024-05-12 when some of us visited the premises of a former electrical shop in Kauppalantie 22. In a matter of weeks, our offer to purchase the place was accepted and we finalised the documents to close the deal as a cooperative.
Four brave souls showed up at the founding meeting, and here we are!
Thanks
We would never have managed to get this far without the support of Jarmo Hänninen, who reviewed our bylaws on a crazy schedule. All the good ideas in our funding documents we included thanks to him, while any mistakes are our own creation.
Join us
You can join us! Check the FAQ page.
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