Several years ago Derek Huntington and Philip Beard cooked up the idea of ‘spendable rebates’ conveyed through digital card readers and plastic cards linked through the internet to form a network.
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Rewards merchants offer rewards to cardholders as a thanks for choosing local first. Merchants can customize rewards to suit their specific needs.
GO LOCAL Board Member Philip Beard shares his thoughts about local currency.
Several years ago Derek Huntington and Philip Beard cooked up the idea of ‘spendable rebates’ conveyed through digital card readers and plastic cards linked through the internet to form a network.
In February, the Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative took preliminary steps toward establishing a countywide credit-clearing system. Fancy economic jargon aside, credit clearing fosters a network of exchanges between local merchants and residents.