This concept for this site is to record thoughts and concepts from myself and others on"innovative" local investment themes. This can include: local currencies such asthe Salt Spring Dollars, barter currencies, granting programs, lending programs andother existing or new forms of currency exchange or investment. Initiative for this site wasfostered by some of the thoughts of Catherine Austen Fitts on Solari Circles andthe importance of local investment and the very creative global micro-loan programsupported by Kiva.In the spirit of fostering dialog, I am providing two of my most recent newspaper articles somewhat related to local investment:
If this topic is of interest to you and you want to contribute your thoughts the best way to do so is to email me at: jim.standen@gmail.com
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