He has a long history at Basics, from bagging dried fruit and helping check out customers on Court Street, to working the produce section Memorial Drive, to staying up all night to help open the Woodman Road store, and ultimately to helping transition Basics to a cooperative. After his father Peter died in 2003, David owned and operated the store, and he has served as the Cooperative's board president from the beginning. David serves on a number of non-profit boards and is delighted to help keep the Basics tradition alive and thriving in Janesville.