Next ReUrbanism meeting is Aug 30

(Sorry for the short notice.)

• What: ReUrbanism Meeting

• Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2007

• Time: 5:30 p.m. to approx 7:00 p.m.

• Location: Downtown Latte coffee shop in the Warehouse District

• Guest speaker: Stacy Jurich, speaking about a new network in Toledo. "Buy Local" Creating a community that is more sustainable both economically and ecologically. Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).

From my notes taken at the February 2007 meeting:

Buy local

• About a buy-local program, John Henry Fullen said Toledo is looking at other cities for ideas, and those findings will be shared in an upcoming ReUrbanism meeting.

BALLE

• Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
• Web site for BALLE is http://www.livingeconomies.org/
• About BALLE
  • BALLE is a growing alliance of businesspeople around the US and Canada, who join local BALLE networks dedicated to building local living economies.
• Toledo BALLE group is forming.
• Objective:
  • Keep money local
  • Local development
• Participating businesses pay a membership fee.
• Toledo BALLE group will seek advice from the Ann Arbor group, which used to be called Living Economy Network but is now named Think Local First.
• Requirement of the Toledo group:
  • Needs support from businesses and citizens.

---- end Feb 2007 notes ----

Frogtown Dollars

What about the funky idea of using Frogtown Dollars to help support the 'buy local' concept?