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BerkShares are a local currency designed for use in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts issued by BerkShares, Inc., a non-profit organization working in collaboration with participating local banks, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Watch television coverage of BerkShares

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A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.

Wendell Berry, from "Work of Local Culture"
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By Jason Houston (printing BerkShares)
By Lauren Fuller (click on Collections, then BerkShares)

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