We asked Monadnock Buy Local Facebook fans to vote on which Local Living Economy theme/building block to focus on in January. The theme that gathered the most votes was a building block written in by a fan: Sustainable Community.
When it was time to highlight that building block, we were stuck… was a Sustainable Community a building block of a Local Living Economy? Or was a Local Living Economy a building block of a Sustainable Community? Or were they expressing a similar vision?
Not knowing the answer, Monadnock Buy Local shifted gears and focused on how our community defined our Local Living Economy in 2009. Here’s what it looked like:
The Monadnock Local Living Economy is a place where:
- All citizens can have a great quality of life.
- Our basic needs are met within our community and region.
- Individuals realize that they are beyond the worth of their jobs.
- A diversity of small businesses, cooperatives, municipally-owned businesses and civic-minded corporations support our economy.
- Leadership helps identify common ground and overarching community goals.
- Citizens are creating a new definition of what our needs really are.
- Individuals and banks are investing in social capital.
- We are working cooperatively and collaboratively.
- All citizens are engaged and feel included.
- Celebrating our community.
- We are thinking of our community as a system.
What we hope to do in 2012 is find ways to help us visualize our Monadnock Local Living Economy – and get inspired to strengthen it together. Do you have an image, video or other medium that captures our vision (beyond words)?
