About Calgary Dollars

What are Calgary Dollars?

Calgary Dollars is the Arusha Centre's grassroots currency system that brings together local talents and resources to strengthen our local economy and build community. A community's true wealth lies in the skills, talents and capabilities of its members. We believe that every person has something of value to offer to their neighbours. By encouraging local production and consumption, we are committed to creating a healthy economy that is rooted in a healthy society and a healthy ecosystem.

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Why use Calgary Dollars?

Make money doing things you like to do.
Meet people with similar interests.
Increase your loyal and local customer base for your business.
Develop a business idea.

Our community benefits too:

Calgary Dollars provides TAKE ACTION GRANTS for Grassroots Community Initiatives. To find out more about the kinds of grants that Calgary Dollars has provided to its members please read this report.

We make our community better through our projects like community clean up, cleaning newspaper boxes, working on environmental projects with Clean Calgary.
We support community gardens.

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"There's no limit to what you can do with Calgary Dollars!"
- Calgary Alderman Joe Ceci

Calgary Dollars is a project of The Arusa Centre and is generously funded by The United Way of Calgary, The City of Calgary FCSS and The Calgary Foundation.