Help develop a local currency for Edinburgh!

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From http://pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/07/help- ... edinburgh/

Help develop a local currency for Edinburgh!

Calling com­munity coun­cils, local action groups, Transition groups, Development Trusts, ten­ants and res­id­ents asso­ci­ations, local traders asso­ci­ations, vol­un­tary organ­isa­tions, hous­ing associations…

Come and help intro­duce a local cur­rency in Edinburgh!
Saturday 27th August 2.30 – 4.30pm
Portobello Old Parish Church Bellfield Street, Portobello EH15 2BP

After a suc­cess­ful pub­lic engage­ment event we are now ready to work in sev­eral local areas to lay the ground for the intro­duc­tion of the cur­rency. The coun­cil have agreed to develop a strategy to sup­port com­munity groups in their efforts to estab­lish an Edinburgh pound. We want to stress that the coun­cil are not provid­ing any fund­ing to this ini­ti­at­ive of Transition Edinburgh, PEDAL Portobello, Transition Edinburgh South, SEED, Greener Leith and Bridgend.

The pro­posal is for a ‘Euro style’ cur­rency which would have stand­ard ‘Edinburgh Pound’ fea­tures on one side, and a local vari­ant on the other e.g. A Portobello pound, or a Morningside pound… Local pounds from dif­fer­ent areas will be useable in any par­ti­cip­at­ing shops around the city, but would also retain a sense of local dis­tinct­ive­ness.

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