Thanks to Eric, Paul, Jeff, Kevin, and Matt for taking the time to engage. Also thanks to everyone who shared new shops to add. I'll get on it (that includes you Jeff). It turns out I was only subscribed to the "list" email that arrives once a week so I missed a few of your replies. 

The line is fine but its clear. I agree that cooperatives and community shops are often different. I also agree that for-profit shops can engage in so called "non-market" activities. My main criteria is DIY (free/barter/cheap). If there is a second criteria it's a free EAB program. My not-completely-arbitrary preferences in descending order are cooperatives > community shops > service-oriented for-profit. That logic is based on my assumption that orgs designed with cooperative structures will find engaging in non-market behaviors easier. When we share the risk/rewards of acting there is less incentive to shirk, pass important ethical decisions "up the ladder", or use the "bottom line" as an excuse. Yes, cooperative work can be messy and slow, but it can also liberate. For many people their experience with a cooperative bike shop is the first time in their lives when their voice mattered. 

My reason for creating the list was to get new ideas for how people doing community bike work engage with their communities. Shops that focus on sales, or who use sales as their measure of success are going to engage in a different manner that is less interesting to my aims. We can start another thread on cooperatives if anyone wants. ;)  If anyone wants to learn more about worker directed non-profits there is a webinar next week. 

PLEASE NOTE: I'm getting most of my information by snooping through websites and facebook pages. If I missed a shop or if I misunderstood what a shops/orgs mission please correct me. I think Eric pointed out that Uptown Bikes is for-profit (WB and Blackstone are both on the list). You can leave a comment on this google.doc. 

- Joshua