A Funeral Co-operative in Calgary?In 2009, the Canadian Co-operative Association contacted the Calgary Co-operative Memorial Society to investigate the opportunity to start a funeral co-operative in the Calgary marketplace. CCMS' Board of Director's and a group of interested co-operators did their due diligence by completing a market study and subsequent feasibility study with the aid of a Government of Canada grant from the Co-operative Development Initiative.
In January 2011, at the Annual General Meeting, a presentation was made to the CCMS membership on the outcome of the feasibility study. Although the Board of Director's was satisfied with the services and contracts with the current service providers, it decided to prepare a business plan to have ready in case the market conditions changed or a service provider was no longer willing or able to provide economical funeral options for our members. We are happy to share our findings and plan with any communities interested in starting their own funeral co-operative. |
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