Corner Store Coop

About Corner Store Co-op Corner Store Co-op LWCA, which is a co-op currently being incubated and sponsored by the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) and will be located at the museum’s site upon opening in 2024, partners with youth, artists, designers, and entrepreneurs from public housing communities across the United States to offer custom clothing, handmade accessories, books, limited edition zines, and more. Corner Store Co-op aims to amplify the entrepreneurial history of public housing and supports small businesses and cooperatives owned by public housing residents to promote economic equity. In addition to serving as the primary retail provider for the National Public Housing Museum, the physical and online stores also function as informal sites of activation for visitors and community members to learn and share the important history and present-day advocacy of cooperatives, including how public housing residents contribute to, and benefit from, a solidarity economy ecosystem.