BerkShares: Local Currency for the Berkshire Region


	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 BerkShares on the Printing Press View BerkShares photo gallery • Support the local economy by donating to BerkShares. • Own a business in the Berkshires? Sign up to accept BerkShares! • Visit our Business Tools section for accounting strategies and more. • Find out more about BerkShares Order a BerkShares Educational Packet • Why Local Currencies? Read New Economics Institute's research on history, theory, and practice. Learn how local currencies fit into a complex of tools for building a new economy. 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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BerkShares, Inc. \| P.O. Box 125 \| Great Barrington, MA 01230 \| info@berkshares.org