Kiwanis Crowns Co-op

Published 3:29 pm Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Mike Youngquist, general manager, Clallam Cooperative Association, and Kathy Reid, store manager, received the Kiwanis Business of the Month Award for July 2010 from club president Joe Treece. The Co-op, the name most widely used for the association, began as a farmer’s cooperative in 1936, with an improved buying power and the ability to negotiate better prices for their products. In 1976, it changed to a consumer’s cooperative with similar objectives. Many of the association’s 29 employees have been with the cooperative for a long time, both Reid and Youngquist for more than 20 years. Clallam Cooperative Association, dba Co-op Farm & Garden, is at 216 E. Washington St., Sequim. Submitted photo