The Hudson Valley Current is a local currency and our nonprofit is dedicated to exchanging, sharing and teaching abundance within the Hudson Valley.
By using the Current, we ensure that our money stays local and is used to strengthen businesses in our community.
What happens when our money stays local? Our main streets, our local businesses and our neighbors keep more of the wealth, which strengthens our local community.
We believe there’s more than enough wealth to go around—And we’re here to prove it.
We’ve all heard the story before. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. The cost of living is going up. This story is ready for a reframe, and we’re here to help you write yours.
We believe in a new relationship to exchange, where sacred reciprocity takes precedent, and justice is built into the system. Our mission includes the following principles;
“It’s Just Money”~ our local currency has justice built into its very structure, offering a post-capitalistic alternative to value exchange, putting the needs of our local community at the forefront. The Hudson Valley Current is a fair currency, in so far as it solely acts as an instrument of trade and account, not an instrument of unequal power.
Each member in the Current economy has the ability to issue money. This gives individuals and small businesses the power of issuance, creating money by circulating money.
When one business or individual chooses to go into the negative by exchanging with another member in the economy, they are creating that amount in the positive, all staying local.
The Hudson Valley Current is a nonprofit economic development organization dedicated to illuminating the abundance that’s all around us. We seek abundance for all—our community, our businesses, and our families. We believe that we have everything we need, right here in the Hudson Valley.
That’s why we developed a community currency called the Current—an opportunity for each business or individual to share their skills and resources within the community. Learn more and become a member at:
hudsonvlleycurrent.org
