Investors
For the Investor
Make an impact
Receive more than just a financial return. Invest locally and receive a social, environmental, community and financial return on your investment.
Keeping your investments circulating locally generates significant impacts in your Community.
10 Great Reasons To Invest Locally!
KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
Get connected to your investments.
Support local businesses. Celebrate their successes.
RECEIVE MORE THAN JUST A FINANCIAL RETURN
Invest locally and receive a social, environmental, community and financial return on your investment.
INVEST LOCALLY, SUPPORT YOURSELF
Local businesses and their employees pay taxes. This adds infrastructure, amenities and services to our community, increasing the value of local assets.
REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Local businesses make local products. They also make significant local purchases. This means less transportation and pollution.
IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH
Investment into local agri-food businesses adds variety and sustainability to our healthy food supply.
Vibrant communities also attract and retain medical professionals and services.
SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurs and skilled workers invest and settle in communities that encourage their business goals, and appreciate their unique character.
CREATE LOCAL JOBS
Start-up and expanding businesses create new jobs.
This increases opportunities for individuals and families to stay, re-locate, and make a living in our community.
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Local investment assists the transition from one generation of business owners to the next. It supports these new owners to keep existing businesses thriving.
BUILD A UNIQUE, DIVERSIFIED & RESILIENT COMMUNITY
Local businesses are owned by people who live here. They’re less likely to leave and more invested in our future.
TAKE PART IN YOUR COMMUNITY’S DEVELOPMENT
Each of us brings capital, skills, and knowledge to our community. Let’s pool these resources together and add a new element of economic vibrancy at home!
Benefits Of Membership:
- Have the opportunity to invest in local ventures;
- Be an owner of the Investment Co-op and share in profits made through local loans;
- • Take part in Board nominations and Annual General Meetings;
- Participate by sitting on the Board, the Investment Committee, or being a mentor to a business; and
- Contribute directly to Creston & District community economic development.
Each of us brings capital, skills and knowledge to our community.
Let’s pool these resources together and add a new element of economic vibrancy at home!
Why Invest Locally?
- Know Where Your Money Goes
- Get Connected To Your Investments
- Support Local Businesses
- Celebrate Their Success
Local investments tend to generate not only employment and economic activity but also civic pride and new attitudes about local ability to drive positive community change.
Creston & District residents can become a member of the Investment Co-op at any time by purchasing a one-time, redeemable $500 membership share. Members can then purchase up to three $1,500 investment shares, which are loaned to local businesses.
Why Not Shift Your 5%?
Diverting a small but substantial percentage of capital that individuals routinely invest elsewhere into Investment Co-ops creates significant local investment power.
Fuel Economic Growth
As a community impact investment organization, the Investment Co-op inspires investors and local ventures to make a positive impact in their community.