| Our mission | BerkShares are a local currency for the Berkshire region. Dubbed a "great economic experiment" by the NY Times, BerkShares are a tool for community empowerment, enabling merchants and consumers to plant the seeds for an alternative economic future. |
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Help the Local Economy
Our local economy needs our help. Berkshire businesses are doing everything possible to meet the needs of their customers while keeping their staff employed and all community members safe. Now is the time to show up and support our local businesses and their employees! How can you help? . Order takeout or delivery from a… See full description
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| About us | BerkShares, Inc. is the place-based, democratically structured non-profit organization that issues BerkShares, a local currency for the Berkshire Region. BerkShares, Inc. works in collaboration with participating local banks, local businesses, and local non-profit organizations to strengthen the Berkshire regional economy through a local currency program and related pursuits. |
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Unlike their Wall Street counterparts, #CommunityBanks are often owned and operated by members of the local community who understand the needs of their neighbors.
Learn more about community banking at our upcoming roundtable on February 11th. Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWf_8dRbQyinP2-iCNqY0A
Do you know what your money is doing tonight? Community bank depositors can be pretty sure theirs is supporting local businesses in their community.
Sign up for our virtual community banking roundtable, and move your money from Wall Street to #MainStreet:
https://centerforneweconomics.org/events/community-banking-roundtable/
"Despite this fracturing, what we see emerging is greater adoption of alternative ideas for uplifting local economies."
Read our latest newsletter to hear about some of these exciting ideas, including a concept paper by Schumacher ED, @susanwitt:
https://centerforneweconomics.org/newsletters/new-opportunities-for-main-street/
ICYMI 2020: #LocalCurrency Edition
Check out this thread for a list of our favorite articles from 2020 about alternative and local currencies!
@BerkShares @BristolPound @brixtonpound @WIRBank @Conpoto
Municipalities engaging directly in the circulation of a #LocalCurrency represent a "potent new means for reviving Main Streets, whether they’re battered by a pandemic or by the relentless hammer of a globalized economy." @hotzthoughts
Read on below:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/24/opinion/when-money-is-running-short-print-your-own/