A Message from the Manager
What a month! We’ve added several delicious new options to our deli, began serving wine in our cafe, and had our very first poetry reading! Thanks to Blake More for bringing Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz to the co-op. It was our first after-hours event in years. It began at 7:30pm with the band. The poetry began at 8pm with locals sharing original pieces. The featured poet, Marylyn Motherbear Scott, followed around 9pm. While the poets read the band played behind them, offering complementing sounds to the stories. During the event we served wine and beer, paninis, soup and hot beverages. We’ll be doing another poetry night on Thursday, March 21 at 7:30pm. And while you’re marking your calendar we’ll also be hosting a reception for this month's featured artists, Emily Coria and Jennifer McFadden, on Saturday, March 9 from 5-7pm. Come in and celebrate local art with a hot panini and a glass of organic wine in our cafe!
Natalie
General Manager
Co-op Principle #1: Voluntary and Open Membership
In the next few newsletters, I plan to highlight each of the seven cooperative principles that guide how co-ops operate around the world. Arena Market and Cafe in Point Arena is the business operated by our co-op, Coastal Organics Cooperative, Incorporated.
Our consumer cooperative was incorporated under the California Cooperative Corporations law ten years ago in January 2009. These special rules help ensure that the cooperative principles will benefit its members and the community it serves.
Membership in a cooperative is voluntary. Anyone may choose to join. The co-op accepts members without discrimination, except our bylaws require that you must be a natural person who resides in California.
Those who join pay for membership equity that makes them a shareholder in the cooperative. Each member of a cooperative gets one vote without regard to how much equity they have paid in, unlike shareholders in normal corporations.
Benefits of membership in our cooperative include discounts on purchases at the co-op, eligibility to join the propane buying club that discounts gas sales, participation in governing the co-op, and setting its direction and purpose. Membership in the co-op establishes a community of service through our market, our prepared foods, the meeting place in our cafe, and our promotion of local suppliers and artists.
Our co-op has more than 500 members who have contributed significant equity. We look forward to continuing to grow the membership roster and serving our community through co-op principle #1 Voluntary and Open Membership.
Rick Beach, President
Coastal Organics Cooperative, Inc.
dba Arena Market and Cafe
New Products
One Degree Sprouted Corn Flakes 12 oz. $6.89 ~ Sprouted for extra nutrition and easy digestion. Low sugar, loads of crunch. Enjoy with some almond milk and a handful of berries for a delicious and healthy breakfast.
Saffron Road broths 32 oz. $4.95 ~ Slow cooked to create a deliciously complex flavors using traditional kettle cooking and simmered to perfection.
Woodstock Chocolate Covered Almonds 6.5 oz. $7.99 ~ Smooth, sweet, crunchy, delicious. Chocolate, vanilla, almonds… what’s not to love.
Sale Items
Lundberg Pico Di Gallo 6 oz. $2.99 ($1.00 off)
Taste Nirvana Coconut water 23 oz. $4.79 ($1.00 off)
Pamela’s gluten-free pancake mix 24 oz. $8.39 ($1.10 off)
Bulk Kidney beans $$2.29/lb. (.60 off)
