How it Works

Three parts of one system, designed to build local resilience — match, exchange, and prove.

Community Exchange Network

A web app that matches local businesses and organizations with one another.

A restaurant needs composting; a farm has it.

A brewery needs marketing; an agency has it.

Instead of each side needing to find an exact match with cash on both ends, they transact in Community Credits: the restaurant earns credits by serving the farm, then spends those credits with the printer across town.

The platform handles the matching, the ledger, and the reporting.

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Community Credits

Credits are how we move value.

When a farm delivers produce, it earns credits.

When it needs printing, compost, or photography, it spends them.

Credits are backed by real goods and services — not speculation — and they're accepted across the whole network.

Because they only circulate locally, value stays in the community — building the kind of resilience that doesn't depend on outside capital or the next grant cycle.

Proof of Impact

Every exchange can be documented on the platform — photos, video, location, and a short narrative about what the exchange enabled.

That documentation is visible across the network, which means credits are backed by evidence anyone can see.

For members, that builds trust. For funders, it's a live record of where the impact actually happened.

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The numbers so far

60+

Active business members

Business members

$60,200

In Community Credit impact

Community Credits Circulated 2025

$255,800

In total local economic output

3.5x

Audited return on investment

Demonstrated ROI

77,000

lbs Food waste diverted at Hazelwood FRS

lbs diverted from landfill
Verified by New Sun Rising. Updated quarterly as the network grows.

Ready to move value without moving cash?

Whether you're a business looking to trade, a foundation looking to multiply a grant, or a corporate partner looking to turn services into impact — start here. Every exchange on the network makes the local economy more connected, more abundant, and more resilient.

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