The UGBA Welcomes Boston Community Solar Cooperative to UGBA

The Boston Ujima Project Inc. is excited to welcome the Boston Community Solar Cooperative (BCSC) to the Ujima Good Business Alliance (UGBA).

Boston Community Solar Cooperative believes in a future powered by the sun and owned by the community. Their community solar program builds cooperatively-owned solar arrays that are controlled by local communities, resulting in both financial benefits and clean electricity kept close to home.

Since 2021, the cooperative began and continues to build a coalition of individuals, businesses, and non-profits: a grassroots movement to create an equitable and just transition to a clean energy economy in Boston. After formally launching as a co-op in 2024, BCSC worked with partners to begin its first solar array on the rooftop of 195 Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, home to the Dorchester Food Co-op.

In June 2026, our Community Standards Committee extended an invitation to Boston Community Solar Cooperative  to join the UGBA, which they graciously accepted. Joining the Alliance is a rigorous process that involves compliance with our 36 Good Business Standards.

The Community Standards Committee was excited by their outstanding good business practices, including: 

• Community Civic Engagement: BCSC hosts quarterly "We Got the Power" workshops to educate community members about the many benefits of solar energy.

• Product or Service Mission: BCSC seeks to support Black owned businesses in all of their activities that include printing of marketing materials, catering for events and hiring of contractors and engineering firms.

• Worker Civic Engagement: All co-op business decisions are governed by a voting process that includes all members. Decisions range for participating in an event to hiring an EPC contractor

Join us in welcoming Boston Community Solar Cooperative to the UGBA!