Sources – As the Dollar Turns
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Sources
When I was researching As the Dollar Turns. I remembered from my high school economics class that a dollar turned 7 times before it left the community. That is not true anymore. I searched the internet looking for sources. One of the first things I found was this site. Establishing A Legacy of Wealth: Part 2. The link is
http://www.blackenterprise.com/money/establishing-a-legacy-of-wealth-part-2/
I immediately saw the disparity between the Black, the Asian and the White communities. A local community can mean many things. Just to name a few. A town or a group of like minded people. What this says is that the turning of the dollar within a community is very important. Over the next few years I continued to search the web on the theme of how many times does a dollar turns before it leaves the community. Finally, I came across another site with a report attached. This was about one of my biggest competitors. The mega store Staples. The document was called Procurement Matters. Procurement Matters finalized the idea of what it meant to keep a dollar turning locally. Soon after I found the Civic Economics site and began reading all their reports. Civic Economics is full of great sources. Next I found the West Michigan Local First Chart. It was at this point that I became one more voice shouting: Shop Local.