Current Home Page “Who We Are.”
Valley Investors is a loosely organized group of people working together to build the local investing movement and invest securely but creatively in locally owned businesses located primarily in the Pioneer Valley and Western Massachusetts.
We also support investment diversification with neighboring regions.
Proposed language for Charter:
Valley Investors is a group of people working together to build an investing organization to invest securely but creatively in locally owned businesses located in the Pioneer Valley and Western Massachusetts.
The purpose of Valley Investors is to provide education and investment opportunity not offered by traditional brokers and social investment companies such as Fidelity, Calvert or Pax World. Member investments may be joint efforts with local funding organizations such as “Common Capital” or they may be direct purchase of shares and/or loans to vetted local businesses that meet our requirements of social benefit and credit worthiness.
Valley Investors will not act as a bank or broker for member investments, have paid employees, or be formerly incorporated.
Basic Membership to the group is free of charge, there is no limit to number of members, and no member is required to invest in any proposed investment. There may at some future date be member dues to cover organization expenses.
A Chairperson shall be elected by nomination and consensus vote annually beginning June 2013. A Clerk and Treasurer will added should the need be determined.