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Staff and supporters of the Coop la Maison Verte, an eco-friendly fixture for the past two decades on Sherbrooke St. W., are hoping N.D.G. community members will make a last-ditch effort to keep the store open.

Co-ordinator Sheena Swirlz told the Montreal Gazette the co-operative store is on the verge of closing unless members can come up with funding ideas, recruit some skilled directors for the board and even volunteer for certain chores. A special meeting will be held on Jan. 16 to explore options. In the meantime, hours have been reduced most days and the store will be closed on Mondays.

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“Despite our best efforts, the past has created a situation where we are now almost out of resources to the point where we don’t know if we can continue much longer,” Swirlz said. “So we are hosting this special general assembly to ask the community for help.”

The co-op has only three directors left on its nine-member board of directors, and Swirlz said the attrition is partly because “it is very stressful to try to figure out how to save the co-op.”