Stephen Burke, the president of the Ithaca Hours local currency recently got in touch to say he’s coming to Brooklyn! If you want to meet him and ask some questions about what it’s like to live and work with alternative currency, get yourself down to Red Hook. Details from Stephen: Hello Brooklyn (Torch, and...
Now that we’ve had a few local events and we have met some challenges and opportunities with a degree of success and mixed-success (always forward, never straight!) We are working on a mission statement and future goals and overall ideals to improve how we say what we do. I’d love to hear what you...
Check out our recent stories below: January, 2012 CNN Money included Brooklyn Torch among 11 local currencies available (or in development,) in the U.S. December, 2011 Brooklyn Based, the great email newsletter (you should subscribe!) shares a well-researched thoughtful thirteen paragraphs. July/August, 2011 The Brooklyn Rail reviews Bushwick Open Studios and names The Brooklyn...
This Saturday, August 8th at 5pm we will be at FEAST hosting a table in McGolrick Park/Church of the Messiah on Russell Street in Greenpoint. We invite you and your friends and family can come and help us brainstorm about what should be on our paper money. FEAST is a great event that encourages...
The Brooklyn Torch project continues through the Summer of 2009. We are still looking for collaborators in participation and design. We are also finding plenty of inspiration from The Summer of Fun Manifesto. It is in this spirit that we burn our Brooklyn Torch well into the summer nights. Please contact us at committee...
Thank you to all the FEASTers who voted for the project on May 9th. It was a wonderful evening of delicious food and conversations. Happiest of all, we had a great show of support for a local currency for Brooklyn. We are well on our way now to producing something to keep our wealth...
We need participants at every level. In order for this project to succeed, we need as many users involved. Steering Committee Brooklyn Torch Project needs volunteers to help plan and implement the currency. We are looking for a diverse network of contributors. For example, if you are someone with experience with large scale civic...
What is the Brooklyn Torch Project? The Brooklyn Torch Project aims to create a local currency to benefit the local area businesses and artists. The project will bring together both artist communities and immigrant communities in our area to improve integration of social groups and economies and boost our pride. What is a Local...
