in a nutshell,With local currency in addition to the local residents, the tourists coming in from outside are attracted to our island by the notion of Deer Bucks and are encouraged
to keep spending the Deer Bucks on our island. The Deer Bucks would be a higher rate of exchange (probably 95 Deer Bucks to $100USD) which would give a person spending them $5 extra bucks to spend at the farmers market or even the grocery store or a restaurant (whatever businesses are signed up to accept them—and if you read all the literature / links on my webpage you’ll see that even those businesses who didn’t get the concept at first signed up when they saw how successful the program is in their towns). The hope is that it would be accepted by lobster pounds, businesses, artists, tourists and the Deer Bucks usage would keep money spent on the island here on the island. (Most likely the project committee will decide to include and expanded region that includes Blue Hill Peninsula area in the Deer Bucks Project). Where does the extra $5 come from? It’s part of the subsidy from the bank/ grant money/sponsors of Deer Bucks once that is set up. It does NOT come out of the vendors pockets or the businesses that support the Deer Bucks. So getting behind Deer Bucks does NOT hurt any of us in any way. It only benefits us and the community.

For a clearer understanding check out ALL the links to other communities that have succeeded with this plan at my website portal page:
http://www.designacologist.com/Designacologist/DEER_BUCKS_PROJECT.html

Thank you!