Denise Butler 2

“Nexus was instrumental in supporting ACER’s work, in building the first Black Women’s Cooperative in MN, the Ignite Business Women Investment Group (IBWIG) Cooperative. The infrastructural support provided by Nexus speaks to their expertise in the cooperative development landscape.”

Denise Butler

“The whole overarching concept for us of the shared ownership model is being able to address the need for access to affordable, commercial space for our ethnic businesses in the market.”

Ann Juergens

“Our real estate investment cooperative would not have gotten far off the ground without the technical expertise that Benjamin Tsai of Nexus provided. He shared many of the basics of Minnesota law governing cooperatives, then later in the process connected us with a lawyer who specialized in co-ops and securities regulation. We learned the hard