OUR STORY

My daughter wouldn't let anyone else hold her, much less babysit, and I couldn't attend my camera-on meetings while holding her. I enjoyed being a mom and I enjoyed my job but I was not enjoying life. I knew I couldn't be the only one in a post-pandemic world living this way and going insane.

 

So was born as the Bloomington-Normal Work-From-Home Mom Cooperative. Moms would, theoretically, pay a monthly membership fee to split the cost of a sitter who would watch the kids in the same general vicinity while the moms networked and coworked. Just two hours of work time—seemed like a great idea to me and to more than a dozen other moms who wanted in.

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But it didn't really take off like I thought it would. It's possible the absurd number of words and dashes in the title had something to do with it. So we've restructured some things.

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Now, The Village Collective exists to support central Illinois mothers in business through in-person coworking meetups, a no-cost marketing network, child-inclusive events, and just (but maybe most importantly) access to people who get what it takes to be a mom, particularly a mom in business.