A town in Washington is using a creative solution to help local businesses survive the pandemic by printing their own money.
Tenino, a town of less than 2,000 people located about 60 miles away from Seattle, is making $25 wooden bills superimposed on the image of a bat with the Latin phrase meaning "We have it under control."
Anyone with a documented loss of income as a result of the pandemic is eligible for up to $300 a month of the local currency to use at local businesses on the town's Main Street.
This isn't the first time the town has printed their own money, they used this tactic to boost business in 1931 during the Great Depression. They're even using the same wooden printing press tucked away in the old railroad depot turned town museum. It was dormant for 88 years.
Source: KOMO