According to a story appearing on AnnArbor.com, the Think Local First organization has experienced some major problems garnering interest from local businesses for the community currency initiative in the works for months. Ingrid Ault, executive director of Think Local First, is quoted saying, ”
It’s been a little sad. What we really hoped to accomplish is a dialog in the community, and that hasn’t happened. Currency automatically implies dollars to people and they aren’t really aware of the different options.
Think Local First is exploring four different categories of currency: printed, barter, timeshare currency, and coupons.
See the full article at http://www.annarbor.com/news/think-local-first-disappointed-at-turnout-for-local-currency-forms-final-meeting-is-wednesday/
