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Community ServicesNorth Carolina, United States11-50 Employees
The Industrial Commons is a Morganton-based nonprofit operating in the community services sector, with a focus on workforce development and cooperative enterprise. It builds and scales employee-owned social enterprises and industrial cooperatives while supporting frontline workers to advance economic mobility. The organization seeks to rebuild a diverse southern working class by fostering locally rooted wealth and addressing inequities tied to generational poverty. It serves workers and local communities in western North Carolina by expanding access to ownership-based economic models and cooperative networks. It pursues collaborations with educational and community partners to strengthen training and regional innovation, including a recent partnership with Western Piedmont Community College on NSF Engine initiatives. As a small organization, it functions as a facilitator of economic change through worker ownership and shared resources.