The Denison Connection
The Denison Connection The Denisons and the Co-op go way back. William Denison, Tom's father, advised and assisted the OSU students who had the notion to create a cooperative grocery store. The community embraced the [...]
The 1970s
Open For Business: The 1970s Opening day was November 23, 1970. Corvallis’s newest grocery store was well-scrubbed, if not well-stocked... “I think there were three burlap sacks—one [...]
How It All Began
How It All Began In the late 60s a handful of OSU students with Associate Professor of Botany Dr. William Denison as their faculty advisor wanted to start a cooperative grocery store. “Co-ops were the coming thing on the west coast at that time,” Denison [...]
Setting the Stage
I was not present at the creation of the Co-op. It was nine years old when I first entered its door. But, as one of the early Thymes writers/editors, I interviewed many of the organizers, plus countless local business owners, farmers, Co-op personalities and community organizers. Some, sadly, are gone forever. Others continue to [...]