Hudson Valley Current

Hudson Valley Current We seek abundance for all—our community, our businesses, and our families. The core group includes Chris Hewitt, David McCarthy, and Maria Reidelbach.

That’s why we developed a community currency called the Current—a means to share each business or individual’s skills and resources within the community. The purpose of the local currency is to contribute to a more sustainable society by supporting economic and social justice, the environment, community participation and human aspirations through development and management of a local currency syst

em that promotes economic strength and community self reliance, builds community pride and provides benefits for local business and citizens; and to establish programs supportive of that endeavor including bringing information to the public about local currency and sustainable society; and to offer charitable assistance to organizations and individuals. A volunteer group of community organizers has worked for over three years on the launch of a community credit network. Work has progressed in several directions: researching the history and practice of existing alternative currencies to develop the model on which the Current is based; research and implementation of software; and raising awareness of the project through public education and promotional events, David McCarthy's monthly “New Economics” column in Country Wisdom News, and through advertising and marketing the project. Creating a local currency is entirely legal­­­—there are alternative currencies springing up all over the United States and the world. Members exchange the Current on a secure website; one Current (~) equals one Dollar ($). How your business utilizes Currents is entirely up to you—you can employ a variety of terms such as Current-Dollar splits, time frames, or specific goods or services that you will sell for Currents. The Hudson Valley Current is an antidote to an entrenched system that keeps local businesses at a disadvantage and drains money from the local economy. Using the Current will improve our community by encouraging interdependent networks of local businesses and community members. The Current is a nonprofit project, funded primarily by small fees for membership transactions.

This is definitely Local Currency: The Reciprocitree @ Tilda’s allows visitors to see the offers and requests of Current...
10/09/2025

This is definitely Local Currency: The Reciprocitree @ Tilda’s allows visitors to see the offers and requests of Current members. Come share with us.

10/04/2025
This is local currency: The Art of Conversation. These guys and their friends have been coming to Tilda’s for almost fiv...
08/21/2025

This is local currency: The Art of Conversation. These guys and their friends have been coming to Tilda’s for almost five years every Thursday for breakfast and an exchange of ideas, thoughts and feelings.

This is local currency: Dora is at Tilda’s this week teaching Colombian cooking to the team. We’re exchanging culture.
08/15/2025

This is local currency: Dora is at Tilda’s this week teaching Colombian cooking to the team. We’re exchanging culture.

The Current isn’t just a local currency. It also inspires us to share more with our neighbors, because money is really a...
08/12/2025

The Current isn’t just a local currency. It also inspires us to share more with our neighbors, because money is really all about human connection.

Have you been wanting to eat at Tilda’s? Almost everything on the menu is from local farms and made by local people. Kee...
08/08/2025

Have you been wanting to eat at Tilda’s? Almost everything on the menu is from local farms and made by local people. Keep it local!

Gonna be good jazz today—I can feel it already. Starts at 11, goes to 1.
12/14/2024

Gonna be good jazz today—I can feel it already. Starts at 11, goes to 1.

Jazz at Tilda’s is just starting. Sounding good!
11/02/2024

Jazz at Tilda’s is just starting. Sounding good!

10/03/2024

This Saturday, 11am-1pm, I will be playing "ambient guitar" in duet with my friend Rick Warren at Tilda's Kitchen & Market in Kingston. If you're local, do stop in! To give a little explanation about ambient guitar music: think melodic spacious improvised meditative interactions that create an atmosphere of peace and beauty. It's not loud (except sometimes), or discordant (well, maybe a little). We'll be doing one piece with our classical guitars, and mostly we'll work with some tasteful effects and electronic sounds.

The community vibe at Tilda's Kitchen & Market has been really nice of late on Saturdays . . . hope to see you there.

We had another wonderful jazz brunch on Saturday at Tilda's Kitchen & Market with Donna Trunzo, Steve Raleigh, and Jim C...
09/26/2024

We had another wonderful jazz brunch on Saturday at Tilda's Kitchen & Market with Donna Trunzo, Steve Raleigh, and Jim Curtin.

It's happening every Saturday these days. If you're local, come on down, 11am-1pm.

Upcoming this Saturday: Donna Trunzo at Tilda's Kitchen & Market11am-1PM; no cover charge and excellent food and communi...
09/18/2024

Upcoming this Saturday: Donna Trunzo at Tilda's Kitchen & Market

11am-1PM; no cover charge and excellent food and community!

We had another great jazz brunch at Tilda's Kitchen & Market last Saturday. Philip Marucci and Peter Einhorn played some...
09/18/2024

We had another great jazz brunch at Tilda's Kitchen & Market last Saturday. Philip Marucci and Peter Einhorn played some wonderful Brazilian style music & John Scilipote joined them on horn for some tunes in the 2nd set.

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628 Broadway
Kingston, NY
12401

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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