Your friends ask you to fund their marathon training, their home renovations, even their potato salad. Why not crowdfund something you’d actually use, such as a bike path or a public park? That’s what a growing number of startups are helping people do, as communities with a goal look for sources of financing outside the municipal bond market. “More and more, people are seeing this as a great alternative avenue … to going through your tax…
Want a bike path? Pay for it yourself
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