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Time Banking comes to Ypsilanti with the hOur Exchange

By Mark | January 8, 2014

You might already know this, but I just discovered that Ypsilanti now has a functioning time bank. (For those of you not familiar with the concept, that’s a system of reciprocal service exchange in which units of time serve as currency.) It’s called hOur Exchange Ypsilanti (hEY), and there’s a 1:30 orientation session Thursday, January […]

Posted in Ideas, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abundant Michigan Permaculture Ypsilanti, AMPY, community, community coming together, Fixing the Future, generative economy, Heather Wysor, hEY, honey, hOur Exchange Ypsilanti, hOurworld, Jeff Yoder, Jen Whaley, Julianne Bonta, Lisa Bashert, local currency, local economy, Maine, Monica King, PBS, resilience, resiliency, resources in the community, salves, service jobs, services, sourdough, Sustainability, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, vinegar | 15 Comments

The emergence of Local Economy Centers

By Mark | June 6, 2012

I didn’t have an opportunity to meet her at the recent BALLE conference in Grand Rapids, but, as luck would have it, I was able to dial in to a conference call during my lunch hour a couple of days ago, and ask a few questions of Kelley Rajala, the woman who runs the Sonoma […]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Retail, Shadow Art Fair, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alternative currency, Amy's Kitchen, BALLE, Bethesda, biomimicry, Business Allianc, business incubators, California, Cleveland, co-working, Dave Feldman, employee ownership, Evergreen Cooperative, Kelley Rajala, Livability Project, Local Economy Centers, Local Economy Institute, localism, Made Local Marketplace, Maryland, ownership, permaculture, Santa Rosa, Share Exchange, Slow Money, social justice, Sonoma Country Share Exchange, Transition Town, Transition US | 6 Comments

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