My 'New Age' Town
We have our own currency here in Berkshire County, with the goal of keeping more of our financial resources local. And slowly but surely, BerkShares are making news:
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A walk down Main Street in this New England town calls to mind the pictures of Norman Rockwell, who lived nearby and chronicled small-town American life in the mid-20th Century.
So it is fitting that the artist's face adorns the 50 BerkShares note, one of five denominations in a currency adopted by towns in western Massachusetts to support locally owned businesses over national chains. [Full Story]
2 Comments:
One wonders whose face would adorn Las Vegas' local currency, if they had such a thing.
That is really a great idea!
Local Money to keep business local. I'd use it at the farmers market, my local garden nursery, maybe I'd end up with a local grocery store?
- Sonny
*not the one who inspired the John Coltrane song... "like Sonny"
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