Local Dollars Launch Workshop
Design the first node — not just the first campaign.
Bring together the people who would own, fund, operate, and support a Local Dollars launch. In one working session, Stabletown helps define the geography, sponsor, participants, merchant network, program rules, economics, measurement, and rail assumptions needed to decide whether a real local-commerce node is ready to launch.
$1,500, fully credited toward a qualifying Local Dollars node launch begun within 90 days.
Need an invoice, purchase order, or a conversation about an unusual constraint? Talk with Stabletown.
What you leave with
Five outputs, one deployment decision
Launch-node blueprint
A 10–15 page plan for one compact geography: program owner, sponsor or funding source, participant cohort, merchant network, earning and distribution logic, spending rules, rail assumptions, governance, and measurement.
Three-scenario economics model
An editable model covering minimum-viable, target, and strong-adoption cases — incentive pool, redemption, merchant activity, cost per activated participant, operating cost, and runway assumptions.
Bounded 16-week deployment design
A credible first node built around one program owner, one primary sponsor or funding source, a compact geography, roughly 10–50 merchants, about 500–1,500 eligible participants, and explicit go/no-go gates.
Recruitment and launch kit
Merchant, sponsor, and community-partner outreach copy; participant messaging; interest-form questions; an FAQ; launch-page inputs; and a suggested public announcement sequence.
Readiness and expansion map
A scorecard across purpose, sponsorship, merchants, operations, rules, rails, measurement, and compliance boundaries — plus a recommendation for launch, revise, or stop and the most plausible second program if the first node works.
How it works
From program brief to launch package
1
Purchase or request the Workshop
If your program concept is concrete enough to design, purchase the Workshop online or request an invoice or procurement path. A short preparation questionnaire captures the likely geography, owner, sponsor, participants, merchants, and goal before the working session.
2
Make the deployment decisions
A facilitated 90-minute working session with up to six people from the program owner, sponsor or funding source, merchant network, and other essential community stakeholders.
3
Receive the launch package
Stabletown turns the session into the launch-node packet, economics model, recruitment kit, and readiness decision, with one consolidated revision and a 30-minute findings call.
What the Workshop is for
A stage in adoption, not the end product
The Workshop exists to reduce the risk of launching the wrong program. A successful outcome is a node worth implementing — and a clear path from that first proof into an ongoing Stabletown operating relationship.
Workshop
Design the first node
Decide whether there is a bounded program worth launching and what has to be true for it to work.
Node launch
Configure and operate
Recruit merchants and participants, configure the rules and selected rails, run the bounded program, and produce sponsor- and operator-ready evidence.
Expansion
Reuse what worked
Keep the merchant and participant network, then add another sponsor, cohort, behavior, or program without rebuilding the local operating layer from zero.
Straight answers
Questions worth asking
Can't we just use a free community gift-card platform?
Yes — and you might. Stabletown is not trying to replace a fit-for-purpose card or wallet rail. The Workshop designs the program and network around the rail: who funds it, who participates, which merchants qualify, what behavior is rewarded, how rules are enforced, how outcomes are measured, and what becomes reusable after the first campaign.
Who needs to be in the room?
At minimum: the likely program owner, an organizational decision-maker, and a real voice from the sponsor or funding side and the merchant or participant side. Up to six participants. If the coalition does not exist yet, learning that before implementation is a useful outcome.
What if the honest answer is that we're not ready?
Then the readiness assessment says so and identifies the blocker — sponsor, operator, merchant density, participant reach, economics, governance, or rail/compliance constraints. The purpose is to avoid spending a much larger incentive and implementation budget on a program that is not ready to work.
Is this a gift-card program?
Not necessarily. A community card can be one implementation. So can a wallet, QR or merchant-code flow, card rails, or another compatible mechanism. Stabletown designs the program layer and selects the acceptance or distribution rail to fit the place.
What do the terms look like?
Full refund any time before the workshop takes place; rescheduling with reasonable notice; no refund after delivery. The full $1,500 fee is credited against the first invoice of a qualifying Local Dollars node launch begun within 90 days. Invoice or purchase order available on request.
Need an invoice, purchase order, or a conversation about an unusual constraint? Talk with Stabletown.
Planning, software, and program-operations services only — no legal advice, regulatory classification, securities issuance, custody, or unlicensed movement of funds. Regulated execution routes through qualified providers where applicable.