About Atlantic City Community Cooperative
A community-owned supermarket, service hub, and national movement beginning in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is more than a grocery store. It is a people-powered movement where Atlantic City residents are coming together to own the problem, build the solution, and change the narrative about their city.
We are creating a community-owned supermarket, Boardwalk Basket digital marketplace, home delivery network, and social impact hub where residents, local businesses, vendors, sponsors, and investors can work together to build a stronger Atlantic City.
Our Story: Atlantic City Is Writing Its Own Future
For too long, the story of Atlantic City has been told through its challenges: food insecurity, vacant properties, limited access to fresh groceries, unemployment, and economic opportunity leaving the community.
But Atlantic City is more than its challenges.
Atlantic City is home to hardworking families, entrepreneurs, students, faith leaders, small business owners, and residents who believe in the future of their neighborhoods.
Atlantic City Community Cooperative was created to show what happens when residents stop waiting for someone else to solve the problem and come together as owners of the solution.
This cooperative is a showcase of the power of the people — a model of community unity, shared ownership, and local action.
A National Movement Begins in Atlantic City
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is the first chapter of a larger national vision: helping communities across America build community-owned solutions to food insecurity, economic inequality, and lack of local ownership.
The goal is not only to open a supermarket.
The goal is to prove that residents can organize, invest, govern, and build businesses that serve their own community.
Atlantic City is creating a blueprint for other cities — a model where people unite around ownership, technology, food access, workforce development, and social impact.
Atlantic City is not just building a co-op. Atlantic City is building an example for the nation.
Everything the Community Needs — In One Cooperative Hub
Community-Owned Supermarket
Affordable groceries, fresh produce, meat, seafood, bakery items, pharmacy essentials, and household goods.
Boardwalk Basket Marketplace
Atlantic City's own digital marketplace connecting residents, tourists, vendors, and local businesses.
Home Delivery Network
A neighborhood-based delivery system supported by Block Captains, EV vehicles, and local logistics.
Social Impact Center
Access to social services, job training, housing support, food assistance, and family resources.
Community Kitchen
A platform for local food entrepreneurs to prepare, launch, and grow food businesses.
Workforce Development
Training and employment pathways for Atlantic City residents.
Why Community Ownership Matters
When residents own the cooperative, they are not just customers. They become decision-makers, beneficiaries, and builders of the local economy.
Every dollar spent at the cooperative helps support jobs, local vendors, food access, neighborhood services, and future community investment.
Owners
Residents become member-owners of the cooperative.
Decision-Makers
Members help shape the future through cooperative governance.
Beneficiaries
Members receive access to benefits, discounts, services, and potential patronage refunds.
Economic Participants
Local dollars stay in Atlantic City and support local growth.
Our Mission
To create a community-owned marketplace and social impact hub that provides Atlantic City residents with access to fresh food, local economic opportunity, essential services, and a voice in building the future of their city.
Our Vision
To build a self-sustaining cooperative model where community members are owners, employees, entrepreneurs, vendors, and beneficiaries — and to make Atlantic City the national example of people-powered community transformation.
Who Can Join the Movement?
Atlantic City Residents
Become member-owners, access benefits, shop local, and help shape the cooperative.
Local Businesses & Vendors
Sell products, reach new customers, and grow through Boardwalk Basket and the cooperative marketplace.
Corporate Sponsors & Investors
Support community ownership, food access, workforce development, and neighborhood revitalization.
Community Organizations
Partner with the Social Impact Center to connect residents with services and resources.
Built on Cooperative Principles
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is guided by the values that define cooperatives around the world.
Owned by the Community. Powered by the People. Building the Future Together.
Atlantic City residents are proving that unity, ownership, and action can change the future of a city. Whether you are a resident, vendor, business owner, sponsor, investor, or community partner, there is a place for you in the Atlantic City Community Cooperative.