Stephen Burke, the current director of Ithaca Hours, accepts the currency at his music store.

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"You wouldn't get very far before somebody would figure it out, " says Stephen Burke, president of the Ithaca Hours board.

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Bay Bucks are a local currency--one of a handful circulating in the U.S., including Burlington Bread, Ithaca Hours and, soon, BerkShares in Massachusetts.

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"When I started Ithaca Hours, I thought I was releasing money like doves of peace that would fly around and land on people's shoulders, " he says.

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Paul Glover, the founder of the Ithaca Hours complementary currency for use in Ithaca, New York, has been bombarded with requests to help set up local currencies around the country.

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Although Bread is not yet as widely accepted in Burlington as Hours are in Ithaca, a major hurdle was cleared in 2003, when Gardeners Supply Co.

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