2024 Annual Owner Meeting and Social Hour Recap

Connecting in Community

Thank you to all who joined us for the 2024 Annual Owner Meeting and Social Hour on Oct. 28, 2024. On a windy but beautiful Monday evening, we gathered to share the results of the board of directors’ election and for the announcement of all grant recipients for 2025, including SEED, the Seward Community Fund, and People Powered Perks. Throughout the event, attendees enjoyed tacos from local food truck Habanero Tacos, local brews and non-alcoholic beverages from Arbeiter Brewing (our venue for the evening!), as well as cookies from Seward Co-op’s bakery. We enjoyed a night full of mingling, recapping our past year as a co-op, and savoring one another’s company.

View Photos from the 2024 Annual Owner Meeting

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Board of Directors Election Results

Photos of the winners of the 2024 board election: Cassandra Meyer, Tabitha Montgomery, and Elizabeth Liddiard Wozniak An integral piece of the annual meeting is announcing the board of directors election results. Congratulations to Cassandra Meyer, Tabitha Montgomery, and Elizabeth Liddiard Wozniak, who were all elected to three-year terms. Together with current directors, these co-op owners are responsible for articulating the vision and goals for Seward Co-op that management pursues and achieves. The 2024 election featured a pool of highly qualified candidates. Thank you to all who ran and all who voted.

FULL ELECTION RESULTS

2024 Scorecard and Annual Report

During the annual meeting, the 2024 Scorecard was made available. A digital Scorecard and Annual Report can be viewed here. We invite you to scroll through to read more details on how Seward Co-op has worked towards meeting our Ends Statement, or mission. To obtain a print version of the 2024 Scorecard and Annual Report, please visit the Customer Service kiosk at either store.

view scorecard and annual report

2025 SEED Recipients and Community Choice Results

At the annual meeting, we also announced the 2025 SEED recipients, four of which have been selected by a Seward Co-op staff-led committee, and four which were selected by our community through a Community Choice vote. In 2025, four months will be dedicated to supporting Seward Co-op’s needs-based program, which assists households with financial need by providing a discount on grocery purchases. You can find more information about our needs-based discount here. These four months will be spread out over the course of the year.

At the 2024 Annual Owner Meeting, we also announced our People Powered Perks recipient: the Midtown Greenway Coalition.

Seward Co-op owners and customers are invited annually to select four SEED recipients in Community Choice voting. All SEED Community Choice finalists receive a $1,000 grant through the Seward Community Fund. The four organizations selected as the 2025 SEED Community Choice recipients are Dream of Wild Health, RECLAIM, Southside Food Share, and Twin Cities Food Justice. Thank you to all those who voted!

2025 seed recipients

Special thanks to the co-op’s Marketing and Equity and Community Engagement staff and the board members on our Community Engagement Committee who collaborated on the night’s planning and programming. We also extend gratitude to the interpreter who supported participation in our meeting. A big KUDOS to our staff and board presenters. Finally, thanks to all Seward Co-op owners! Your contributions and attendance at these discussions are sincerely and graciously appreciated.