Article source for : Next ReUrbanism meeting is Aug 30
(Sorry for the short notice.)
* *What:* "ReUrbanism Meeting":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/902/Toledo_Ohio_ReUrbanism
* *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).
br. From my "notes":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/lewiki.pl/article/906/ReUrbanism_Meeting_Notes_Feb_22_2007#Buy_local taken at the February 2007 meeting:
h2. 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.
h2. 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":http://www.thinklocalfirst.net/.
* Requirement of the Toledo group:
** Needs support from businesses and citizens.
---- end Feb 2007 notes ----
h2. Frogtown Dollars
What about the funky idea of using [[Buy local via Frogtown Dollars|Frogtown Dollars]] to help "support":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/3182#43810 the 'buy local' concept?
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