The Great Basin Community Food Co-op serves the Reno, Nevada area. The co-op started as a private buying club and was initially located in the back of a punk record store, but continued to grow their sales and members. In 2008, they opened to the public in downtown Reno with 500 feet of retail space, eventually hitting $1 million in sales in one year. In 2012 they moved to another 3-story location of about 3,000 square feet (on the main floor) even closer to downtown. In 2017, the store had about $4.5 million in sales after rapid growth in previous years. The best way for aspiring co-ops to be successful is by reaching out to their community and meeting their members’ needs. In addition, co-ops should focus on their honing their core priorities so that so they don’t get off track, building capacity and buy-in with a core group of people.