"The Bike Plant has secured its future while keeping jobs, skills and decision-making power in the hands of the workers who operate it daily. This milestone highlights worker ownership as a practical strategy for small business continuity, neighborhood stability and shared wealth-building - particularly in communities historically excluded from ownership opportunities."
"According to its website , The Bike Plant on Tompkins Avenue between Hart and Pulaski, repairs bicycles, does wheel-builds for long-distance durability and offers custom-builds. They have also established an initiative that helps bike owners who cannot afford needed repairs to keep their equipment safe."
The Bike Plant reopened as a worker-owned cooperative in Bedford-Stuyvesant, converting employee roles into ownership stakes and daily operational control. The shop held a ribbon-cutting on Jan. 30 attended by elected officials including NYC Small Business Services Commissioner Dynishal Gross, State Sen. Jabari Brisport, and Councilmember Chi Ossé. Worker ownership secures the business’s future while retaining jobs, preserving repair and wheel-building skills, and keeping decision-making power among the workers who run the shop. The cooperative model promotes small business continuity, neighborhood stability, and shared wealth-building for communities historically excluded from ownership. The Bike Plant repairs bicycles, builds durable wheels, offers custom builds, and runs an initiative to help owners afford needed repairs.
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