In 2014, a community called Tkalka was formed in Maribor. Its name is derived from the address Tkalski prehod 4, and it consists of a large number of organizations that are cohabiting in an abandoned galenic laboratory in the center of Maribor. In 2016, Tkalka transformed from a network of informally connected organizations into a development cooperative, and it has since become the most significant Slovenian actor in the field of cooperatives and social entrepreneurship. We uncover its story in a discussion with two of its protagonists.
