Sami Glover’s article about us was also published by Treehugger, which is pretty darn awesome! Meanwhile we are working on several loans this week – like the one to Bella Donna in Pittsboro, NC and a couple to Cocoa Cinnamon in Durham, NC. And we sent out a fundraising letter, […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Slow Money NC was featured in a recent article published on the NC Sustainability Center’s website, entitled “FINANCING THE FOOD SYSTEM: How Slow Money Grows Local Food.” “While the movement undoubtedly has ideological and ecological underpinnings – its focus remains on the real world needs of small food related businesses. […]
On Wednesday, October 17th, the Charlotte Chapter of Slow Money NC held our second gathering at the Seventh Street Public Market in Uptown Charlotte, which will be our regular meeting place from now on. We sat around a couple of tables in the middle of the market and talked about […]
The Charlotte chapter of Slow Money NC will hold a gathering on October 17 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the 7th Street Public Market at 224 East 7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. Get your potential lender pledges and borrower information forms in soon and come to the gathering […]
On Thursday, August 30, 2012, from 5:30-7pm, Slow Money NC had an inaugural public gathering at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte. A diverse group that included local food producers, a state extension agent, Charlotte School of Law professors working on food policy, the founder of Slow Foods Charlotte and […]
Ten new Slow Money NC to seven local farmers and food enterprises brings our total to $572,800 in local money that’s now helping make our local food enterprises stronger and happier! With 78% of our country in a drought, it makes even more sense to support a wide variety of […]
We had a full house at Ninth Street Bakery last Wednesday night! In addition to the twenty or so people from Durham, folks came from Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Wake, Cabarrus, Franklin and Mecklenburg counties! We even pulled in a guest speaker from Washington, DC. The excitement about Slow Money NC […]
Wednesday, March 7th, 6 – 8PM Come join us at Ninth Street Bakery to hear about three great new Slow Money NC projects that are happening in Durham! 6PM Slow Money NC Entrepreneur Showcase Ninth Street Bakery is expanding! They want to add a deck to hold events, serve beer, […]
December 2011 In the fall of 2011, the Fund 4 Democratic Communities took notice of the great work we are doing to finance our foodshed and put up $5000.00 in the form of a match to help fund our efforts to keep building Slow Money NC. To claim the match […]
A recent post from Jennifer Lapidus Saturday, January 7, 2012 Main Street I was in Pittsboro a couple days ago for a CFSA staff meeting. During our meeting, I wrote the words, “slow money” on my hand to remind me to contact our slow money lender as soon as I […]