Community Currencies Are Growing In Popularity
More than 8000 Community Currencies Have Been Launched In Several Countries Around The World.
Why have only one source of currency, when more are available?
Demonstrating . . . "Our Sovereign Trust In Each Other"
MicroCASH ($MC) is a grassroots currency system that brings people together with locally owned businesses,
products, services local talents, and resources to strengthen our local economy and build community.
"The first step for any community aiming to become more
self-reliant is to establish its own currency system".
self-reliant is to establish its own currency system".
100$MC - MicroCASH ($MC)
Community Currencies have been around since long before federal money.
An old concept that is gaining new momentum and being used by an
ever increasing number of communities around the world.
Local community currency is distributed, often as a reward for a job well done in the community.
It can be used (just like federal money) to buy goods and services with participating businesses
and individuals who agree to participate.
Community currency can be used to effect social change by rewarding positive behaviour,
and it is a great stimulant for the local economy.
In Calgary (our first city chapter), our members local community currency called "MicroCASH" ($MC),
has been created by the home-based business company MicroSTAR, http://www.microstar.tv,
to reward people for such things as: thinking and supporting local, for thinking and acting green,
for volunteering, for recycling, for business loans, etc.
And the list continues to grow.
Join us in building stronger incomes and community.
Additional income opportunities are available for pro-active people who wish
to launch the first Chapter in their community, anywhere in the world. Contact.
20$MC - MicroCASH
In economics, a local currency, in its common usage, is a currency not
backed by a national government (and not necessarily legal tender),
and is specifically intended to trade only in a local area, and in the case with
MicroSTAR and its members, used exclusively with specific locally owned businesses.
This amounts to a formalization of the barter system, a useful tool for raising awareness of the state of the
local economy, especially among those who may be unfamiliar or not yet comfortable with traditional bartering.
These currencies are also referred to as community currency, and are a form of alternative currency or complementary currency.
They encompass a wide range of forms, both physically and financially, and often are associated with a particular economic discourse.
Most thinking adults truly understand the growing discourse of today's global economy.
Click on the video above and see what has already begun to happen, on a global basis.
backed by a national government (and not necessarily legal tender),
and is specifically intended to trade only in a local area, and in the case with
MicroSTAR and its members, used exclusively with specific locally owned businesses.
This amounts to a formalization of the barter system, a useful tool for raising awareness of the state of the
local economy, especially among those who may be unfamiliar or not yet comfortable with traditional bartering.
These currencies are also referred to as community currency, and are a form of alternative currency or complementary currency.
They encompass a wide range of forms, both physically and financially, and often are associated with a particular economic discourse.
Most thinking adults truly understand the growing discourse of today's global economy.
Click on the video above and see what has already begun to happen, on a global basis.
How can I get some MicroCASH Community Currency ($MC)?
Check with the person who shared this site with you.
MicroSTAR members receive MicroCASH to use with
designated, locally owned businesses listed on this site.
Where can I use MicroCASH ($MC) Community Currency?
A growing list of participating stores, travel, auto and real estate products
and services are published on this MicroSTAR.Tv website.
Look for the MicroSTAR logo, on sites, business doors, business cards, etc.
and services are published on this MicroSTAR.Tv website.
Look for the MicroSTAR logo, on sites, business doors, business cards, etc.
This message is on the back of all MicroCASH Community Currency ($MC). Note: This initial printing occurred in 2008.
Community Currency Links
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Better yet. "Google" the term "community currencies".
A whole new world you may not know existed will be revealed.
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Better yet. "Google" the term "community currencies".
A whole new world you may not know existed will be revealed.
Town prints own money to boost local spending With all the talk about “Buy Canadian” and “support your local vendors,” there are really few incentives for us to actually do it.
The crude realities for Canucks: many items are cheaper online, cheaper at Walmart and cheaper in the States.
Yet one small town is battling back against the Big Bad Commerce Hijackers. One small town isn’t going down without a fight.
I came across this neat story out of Pennsylvania the other day, about Ardmore – a village of around 12,000 just northwest of Philadelphia – and its pretty unique efforts to boost the local economy.
With the help of some community bank donations, the town has taken to printing its own money (Downtown Dollars, as they’re known) and selling the denominations for half-price to foster consumer spending within the city.
So, for example, an Ardmore resident could buy 20 Downtown Dollars for US$10 that can be used at many of the town’s shops, restaurants and clothing stores. Quite an incentive, right?
Right?
Turns out, the initiative hasn’t yet been the hit it was designed to be. Of the 15,000 Downtown Dollars printed, only 2,900 have been redeemed, according to Philly.com, a sign that either Ardmore has the worst stores and eateries around, or the word simply hasn’t gotten out yet.
But let’s give this experiment a little more time.
The idea is ingenious, if nothing else, and it makes you wonder how many Canadian towns could adopt this enterprise as a means to fend off the big box, chain retailers.
Officials in large commerce markets like Toronto or Montreal wouldn’t need such a plan, but what about tiny Canadian outposts or – more likely – border towns? Couldn’t they benefit from incentives that’d keep its residents from hopping into the U.S. for a quick grocery run or car tank fill-up?
What do you think? Could a town printing its own money ever catch on and promote more local spending? Would you spend more in your city if there were such incentives?
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
The crude realities for Canucks: many items are cheaper online, cheaper at Walmart and cheaper in the States.
Yet one small town is battling back against the Big Bad Commerce Hijackers. One small town isn’t going down without a fight.
I came across this neat story out of Pennsylvania the other day, about Ardmore – a village of around 12,000 just northwest of Philadelphia – and its pretty unique efforts to boost the local economy.
With the help of some community bank donations, the town has taken to printing its own money (Downtown Dollars, as they’re known) and selling the denominations for half-price to foster consumer spending within the city.
So, for example, an Ardmore resident could buy 20 Downtown Dollars for US$10 that can be used at many of the town’s shops, restaurants and clothing stores. Quite an incentive, right?
Right?
Turns out, the initiative hasn’t yet been the hit it was designed to be. Of the 15,000 Downtown Dollars printed, only 2,900 have been redeemed, according to Philly.com, a sign that either Ardmore has the worst stores and eateries around, or the word simply hasn’t gotten out yet.
But let’s give this experiment a little more time.
The idea is ingenious, if nothing else, and it makes you wonder how many Canadian towns could adopt this enterprise as a means to fend off the big box, chain retailers.
Officials in large commerce markets like Toronto or Montreal wouldn’t need such a plan, but what about tiny Canadian outposts or – more likely – border towns? Couldn’t they benefit from incentives that’d keep its residents from hopping into the U.S. for a quick grocery run or car tank fill-up?
What do you think? Could a town printing its own money ever catch on and promote more local spending? Would you spend more in your city if there were such incentives?
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
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