Michelle Wasserman talks about Co-owning Casa Nueva Restaurant

Carly Damman, of the Ohio University School of Journalism, interviews Michelle Wasserman about the worker-owned restaurant Casa Nueva in Athens, Ohio.

Resources from Casa Nueva’s Cooperative Governance page

• What is a Co-op?
• Wanna Start a Co-op?
• Rules of Operation
• Ground Rules of Cooperation
• Cooperative Principles
• Our Structure
• How we VOTE!
• By-laws
• Facilitation Training

Resources from Casa Nueva’s Press page

• “Crew Hopes to Start Worker-Owned Eatery” by Lisa Stettler, The Athens News 1985 (excerpt)
• “Casa Nueva Blends Best of Old Image with Plans for the New” by Lee Landenberger, The Athens Messenger 1985 (excerpt)
• “Renewing The Countryside”, Renewing The Countryside
• “Worker Owned Restaurant Promotes Healthy Entrees and Entrepreneurs”
• “Many Cooks Make A Restaurant Success”, In Business Magazine March/April 2000
• “Food For Thought”, Ohio Magazine, January 2008
• “Ohio’s Best Hometowns 2009 – Athens”, Ohio Magazine, November 2008
• “Party With The Pawpaw”, Ohio Magazine, September 2008
• “Worth The Trip”, by Nancy McKibben, Edible Columbus Summer 2010
• “Worker-Owned Cooperative in the USA”, Rivista Anarchica Online, January 2011
• “There Is So Much Future In What We Do…”, by Karen Thomas, Owners At Work, Winter 2011
• “Athens, Ohio is Going the Distance in Local Food Movement”, by Wendy Pramik, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Spring 2011
• Casa Q & A Video, by Carly Damman, OU School of Journalism, Fall 2011