Thank you for participating in this economic research
study that tracks where our money goes on Cape Cod.
The purpose of this study is to track how many times
a dollar turns over in the community. An easy way to
visualize this would be to make believe that your company
painted part of the money they made last year. As we
track where they spent the money; i.e.with vendors,
suppliers and personnel, we can see who has paint on
their fingers. Each place/person that has paint on their
fingers is another turn of money.
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Overall, it ’s important to note that
this research is not interested in how much money is spent,
but only in where it is spent.
We d like to tell you that all information is
kept confidential. The purpose of this research is to determine
how sustainable the economy is in Barnstable County. We are
not interested in specific dollar amounts or company data.
The information will be reported in aggregate form only,unless
your company chooses to find out their own multiplier “score
”.
It ’s easy to participate!
There are forms on-line that will take your
information. Before you go to the web site to enter the information,
it may be a good idea to review your expenses last year,and
where you spent your money. We are most interested in determining
where you spent your money and whether where you spent your
money is a local business.
Definition of local business: A local
business is a business whose owner resides on Cape Cod.Therefore,
if you have a mortgage or loan payments you made to a bank,
unless the bank is Seamen s Bank in Provincetown, Cape Cod
Five, or Cape Cod Co-Operative, your payment would be made
at a bank that is not local. So if you have a mortgage with
Rockland Trust or Fleet, that amount would be entered in the
non-local column and you would enter nothing in the local
column. You would also enter the name of the banking institution
in the far right column.
It's important on the form to let us know if
you live on-Cape or not. It's also important for you to tell
us the major place(s)you spend your money in each category.
For example, if you indicate that you spent $1,000 in entertainment,
$300.non local and $700 local, then you would list the local
places you spent your money:i.e.umbrella book store, Star
City Grill, Cape Playhouse,etc.
Please choose the form that is appropriate
for you.
Online Forms
B$=Business Form that tracks dollars spent
B%=Business Form
that tracks % of dollars spent
E$=Employee Form that
tracks dollars spent
E%=Employee Form
that tracks % of dollars spent
Printable Forms
B$=Business Form that
tracks dollars spent 
B%=Business Form that
tracks % of dollars spent
E$=Employee Form that
tracks dollars spent
E%=Employee Form that tracks
% of dollars spent
Research Introduction
and return by mail to:
P.O. Box 1666, Hyannis, MA, 02601.
A note about confidentiality: We understand
that the information contained on these forms is confidential.
We assure you that all information is kept in strict confidence,
and that reporting will be done in aggregate only.
There will not be any individual results of any kind reported,
ever.
A note to Businesses: When you
choose to participate in this research, please identify several
employees from your business (starting with yourselves) to
complete the employee spending forms. Employee spending is
key to identifying our local multipliers. Employees may complete
the form on-line, or print them out, complete them and mail
them to P.O.Box 1666, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Or, you may wish to take the lead and print out several forms
and distribute them to your employees in order to have their
participation.
You will note that there is no individual identification on
the employee forms, only the identification of employer/company.
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