1. The Jack in the Box Michigan disability commission private/public ESOP partnership
Disabled citizens attend a culinary arts and management course such as the one run by the Michigan disability commission or a community college, citizen required to finish the management portion of the program.
Jack in the Box builds and owns restaurants in the Michigan or midwest area.
Jack in the box hires disabled citizens and veterans to manage the restaurants for the period required by the SBA ESOP loan program(two years)**.
** required “going concern” for SBA/lender ESOP loan program

2. Community foundation and community development corporation funds the legal fees for a ESOP S Corporation
Any citizen could use the ESOP S corporation as a template for their acquisition.
If feasible the citizen agrees to head office operations in the community.
Steven Rappolee is the managing ESOP S Corporation partner, and owns 19% of the first restaurant, with the ESOP owning 81%. 19% is below the SBA ESOP loan requirement for a collateral requirement.
Each additional Jack in the Box restaurant would be owned by the ESOP and an additional disabled manager, Manager possibly becomes a S corporation partner.
The ESOP would acquire the SBA loan to purchase the Jack in the Box corporate stores.
The ESOP S corporation owns a acquisition company that purchases corporate stores with SBA funds.

3. The S corporation managing partner and successful disabled owner managers may own more then one store.
An ESOP S Corporation may have up to 100 S Corporation partners!
Some stores could have a disabled owner or S Corporation partner working alongside a Manager who is covered by the ESOP in the event one person is more disabled then the other.
Restaurants with high turnover in employees will present a ESOP repurchase obligation challenge!*
A well marketed and communicated ESOP education program should reduce turnover.
* The two year corporate ownership period might reduce some turnover in staff and give the ESOP valuation team a guide to the future repurchase obligation

4. Employee ownership culture and home ownership culture
The ESOP S corporation will match 20 cents an hour with any local government and/or charity for a down payment fund on a house.
The ESOP S corporation would like to have a data base of section 8 voucher holders who could benefit from restaurant management training and recruitment by us. It is this that would place an employee into a home ownership program. Studies show home ownership goes up in ESOP employee groups and I believe makes for a more long term employee.
At some point I want to explore collocated housing with restaurant spaces.

5. ESOP S corporation buys 15% of Jack in the box
This might have to be another separate ESOP S Corporation!
An alternative to the above idea is that Jack in the Box sells half interest in many corporate stores to the ESOP S corporation and it self is a S Corporation partner. As the ESOP pays down its dept it gradually buys out Jack in the Box corporate stores as a franchisee.

6. ESOP S Corporation list of proposed partners
Pay for the part ESOP legal paper work to be held in ownership by the community development corporation which is a nonprofit.
pay for part of the ESOP legal plan and administer its use by local citizens.
Help citizens utilize the ESOP*
*Restaurant and retail training, advocates for business opportunities for students, faculty and support staff.