for Community Leaders: Building Sustainable Local Economies
How communities can Adopt ZUZ
Social Service Grants
How to adopt ZUZ in your community
Make your money go further with ZUZ by leveraging grants, supporting local businesses, and encouraging local spending – increasing the local activity and wealth in your community.
Any city or town can issue MuniZuz, a municipal bond on the ZUZ platform. Institutional investors and individuals, including in your community, can purchase a share of the MuniZuz, via the Zuz platform. They can hold their MuniZuz–and earn interest on it–or they can purchase goods and services at merchants that accept MuniZuz.
Individuals can purchase and hold it or spend their MuniZuz at local merchants for goods and services.
Merchants can redeem their MuniZuz for US dollars from town, or, they can continue the cycle by spending their MuniZuz–creating even more increased business activity.
The town issues MuniZuz to raise capital
You can hold the MuniZuz, earn interest, OR
The MuniZuz are purchased as an investment to fund your town’s capital needs. You can either hold the town’s MuniZuz and earn interest, or …
You can use it today to buy goods and services
The MuniZuz are accepted by local businesses in exchange for goods and services – giving individuals the opportunity to use the bond as a currency and circulate more money in town.
The town accepts MuniZuz as payment for any service
Merchants can redeem any MuniZuz they accept for $US. The town accepts MuniZuz as payment for local taxes, permits, etc.
Merchants use MuniZuz with each other
Accepted MuniZUz can be used as a local currency between merchants and between all members of the community. This creates a sustainable local economy in which money is kept local – multiplying the impact of a town’s investment.
At Maturity, MuniZuz can be redeemed with interest.
When the MuniZuz matures, anyone holding MuniZuz redeem their MuniZuz (and accumulated interest) with the town.
Make your money go further with ZUZ by leveraging grants, supporting local businesses, and encouraging local spending – increasing the local activity and wealth in your community.
Any city or town can issue their own single community-branded ZUZ to residents who in turn spend the ZUZ at local merchants for goods and services. Merchants can redeem the ZUZ for US dollars from the organization or they can continue the cycle – creating even more increased business activity.
The town gives Muni-ZUZ to its citizens
Providing a guaranteed income or social grants for those in need.
Merchants accept the Muni-ZUZ
The Muni-ZUZ are accepted by local businesses in exchange for goods and services – giving participants the purchasing power they need while keeping the grant money local.
The town accepts ZUZ as payment for any service
Merchants can redeem any Muni-ZUZ they accept for $US. The town accepts Muni-ZUZ as payment for local taxes, permits, etc.
The town accepts ZUZ as payment for any service
Merchants can redeem any Muni-ZUZ they accept for $US. The town accepts Muni-ZUZ as payment for local taxes, permits, etc.
Merchants use Muni-ZUZ with each other
Accepted Muni-ZUZ can be used as a local currency between merchants and between all members of the community. This creates a sustainable local economy in which money is kept local – multiplying the impact of a town’s investment.
Make your money go further with ZUZ by leveraging grants, supporting local businesses, and encouraging local spending – increasing the local activity and wealth in your community.
The Chamber of Commerce offers Chamber-ZUZ
The Chamber of Commerce sells Chamber-ZUZ to local merchants. The Chamber holds the $US they receive for later redemption.
Merchants offer Chamber-ZUZ to local citizens as incentive
Merchants use the Chamber-ZUZ for employee incentives and customer loyalty programs.
Citizens spend Chamber-ZUZ at local merchants
Anyone with Chamber-ZUZ can use them to buy goods and services from the participating Chamber merchants. Merchants get new business, and individuals are encouraged to spend at local stores.
Citizens spend Chamber-ZUZ at local merchants
Anyone with Chamber-ZUZ can use them to buy goods and services from the participating chamber merchants. Merchants get new business and individuals are encouraged to spend at local stores.
Members can redeem Chamber-ZUZ for $US or Recirculate
Merchants that accept Chamber-ZUZ can redeem them with the Chamber for $US or continue to increase economic activity by keeping ZUZ in the community.
Other examples include:
- A university uses ZUZ for its meal plan, helping to integrate town & gown while giving its students more choice
- An Economic Development Corporation supports local merchants by guaranteeing their ZUZ, helping them raise capital
- A church coordinates local merchants as a way to help out local congregants facing hardship
- A not-for-profit uses ZUZ as incentives to help its members complete programs.
- Contact us to discuss how ZUZ might be used to help your community.
Make your money go further with ZUZ by leveraging grants, supporting local businesses, and encouraging local spending –
increasing the local activity and wealth in your community.
Any trusted community organization can issue and sell (or give away) a community-branded ZUZ. These Local$-ZUZ can be spent at local merchants for goods and services. Merchants can redeem the Local$-ZUZ for US dollars from the organization or they can continue the cycle – increasing business activity even more. Non profits can give volunteers the currency to spend locally, to encourage civic engagement.
The community organization sells Local$-ZUZ in its community.
Provides incentive to shop locally.
Merchants accept the Local$-ZUZ
The Local$-ZUZ are accepted by local businesses in exchange for goods and services – driving more economic activity to local businesses and enabling participants to actively support their communities.
Merchants use Local$-ZUZ with each other
Accepted Local$-ZUZ can be used as a local currency between merchants and between all members of the community. This creates a sustainable local economy in which money is kept local – multiplying the impact for a community.
Citizens spend Chamber-ZUZ at local merchants
Anyone with Chamber-ZUZ can use them to buy goods and services from the participating chamber merchants. Merchants get new business and individuals are encouraged to spend at local stores.
The community organization redeems Local$-ZUZ from merchants
Merchants can redeem their Local$-ZUZ for $US from the community organization.
Increase Civic Engagement and Local Economic Activity
Using grant money, the community organization can give Local$-ZUZ to help local non-profits which then get spent inthe neighborhood
Make your money go further with ZUZ by leveraging grants, supporting local businesses, and encouraging local spending – increasing the local activity and wealth in your community.
The ZUZ platform is flexible and we would love to talk with you about how it can be tailored for your community.
Please contact us to learn more.
Other Examples Include:
- A university uses ZUZ for its meal plan, helping to integrate town & gown while giving its students more choice
- An Economic Development Corporation supports local merchants by guaranteeing their ZUZ, helping them raise capital
- A church coordinates local merchants as a way to help out local congregants facing hardship
- A not-for-profit uses ZUZ as incentives to help its members complete programs.
The ZUZ team works with community leaders to understand local priorities and helps leaders determine the best way to deploy ZUZ in their communities.
The ZUZ Platform
A two-sided platform integrating lending and payment in your community
Harness relationships with a public ledger and encourage money to stay local.
Seriously Powerful.
- Paperless - Low Administrative Costs
- Frictionless Exchanges
- State of the art tech developed at CMU
- Safe & Secure
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The risk is the same as when one buys a gift card from a merchant. In the unusual case that the merchant goes under, the customer’s investment is at risk. The transparency of ledger data provides ZUZ buyers with information that is not typically available with traditional gift cards. And, a number of merchants accepting a ZUZ mitigates risk, as it spreads across the network.
Unlike other cryptocurrencies, each type of ZUZ is backed by its issuer. They do NOT fluctate in price. All your ZUZ are stored in your ZUZ wallet and can be used to directly purchase goods and services from anyone who accepts them.
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