Money grows on trees; when you buy locally grown and produced products.(The money cycle is a way of describing the way money flows through an organisation)

From: Utah Business | Date: February 1, 2008 | Copyright information

Too often, consumers spend their money on goods or services with no local presence, resulting in any increased benefits immediately leaving our community. Concern for the Utah economy is not the lack of resources or money flowing through our neighborhoods, but what consumers, public services and businesses do with that money.

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Suppose that we introduce $1,000 into our community. These dollars are spent on local goods and services. Each of the local vendors or service providers uses the money they received to purchase other local goods and services. ...

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