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Springing into March with ACEnet!
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Supporting Market Access, One Farmer at a Time
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ACEnet Tenant News
ACEnet has a new tenant in our Nelsonville facility! AedanWorks creates handcrafted custom furniture and wooden goods, one story at a time. Chris Hedges is the sole proprietor and designer/craftsman at AedanWorks. For him, working with wood is about more than shaping and joining pieces together to create a whole: It's about creating a tangible object that tells a story and, like all good stories, it's a collaborative effort. Whether your needs are functional or purely aesthetic, it is his goal to work with you to bring to fruition your ideas and help you tell the story of your life and, ultimately, the story of us.
 After receiving a M.A from Ohio University, Chris spent two years at the University of Rio Grande's Fine Woodworking program studying everything from basic cabinet making to period furniture, finishing, and carving. During his education, he learned a deep appreciation for hand work and attention to detail. As a testament to his acquired knowledge, during his second year he won top awards at the 2007 Fresh Wood student design competition for the Philadelphia secretary listed in his gallery.
For the past 7 years Chris has worked diligently to complete as many custom orders as possible and have expanded AedanWorks from a single room in his basement to a fully functional one man furniture studio focusing on hand crafted furniture that honors the skills of traditional craftsman. We're very excited to have Chris in our ACEnet family and can't wait to see what he creates next!
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So You Want to Start a Business?
 Discover how to get started with the
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet)!
Step by step instructions of our intake process will be led by kitchen manager, Adam Kody in this chapter of our free webinar series.
New and established businesses can benefit from learning the intake process.
This process is the first step towards working with ACEnet, whose mission is to grow the regional economy by supporting entrepreneurs and strengthening economic sectors.
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Trade Show Participants Wanted!
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Women in Business Conference Registration is Open!
 ACEnet is excited to announce that registration is
now open for our upcoming
Women in Business Conference
. Though the conference is targeted at women, anyone and everyone is welcome!
The event is free of charge and will be hosted on May 5th, from 8am - 3pm at The Lodge at Hocking College.
If you have any questions about ACEnet's 2017 Women in Business conference, please contact Erin Phillips at erinp@acenetworks.org or 740-592-3843, ext. 111
The conference has three main objectives.
- To provide a space for networking so women entrepreneurs can create and feel a greater sense of community.
- To provide professional development through sessions such as financial planning and marketing to help new business owners get a great start, but also provide the tools mature business owners need to expand and grow.
- To provide personal development. Owning a business while being a family member, community member, or student can be challenging. The conference will provide a keynote speaker that gives insight on work-life balance.
More details to follow! To register for this exciting event, please see our
Registration Page!
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ACEnet Seeks AmeriCorps VISTA for 2017-2018 Year
Our Ohio CDC Association VISTA Erin has been working hard all year to help develop new solutions to the unemployment & underemployment issues facing low income and/or ex-offender reentry individuals here in Athens County! Also, thank to Erin, we're hosting out first ever Women in Business conference on My 5th! She has been an unbelievable asset to ACEnet this year & we're sorry to see her leave when her term is up in June.
However, as Erin leaves, we're looking for another fantastic person to fill our VISTA position for the 2017-2018 year! Do you want to serve your community for a year while building your professional skills & earning an education award to help pay off student loans or use for college education? For more info & to apply:
Click Here!
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Upcoming Events
The Athens Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the Market on East State. For more information & information on becoming a vendor, see the Athens Farmers Market website.
Wednesday, March 15th; 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ACEnet client
Dirty Girl Coffee's
Kickstarter Party is being hosted at
Eclipse Company Store in The Plains. $1 from every beer sold during the 5pm-9pm hours will be donated the campaign.
Dirty Girl Coffee LLC
is looking to install a new coffee roaster & they need your help! Roasting will enable them to improve their margins, control quality, support their amazing customer base and attract new customers! They will have better control to source green coffee stock responsibly from sustainable, organic, and/or women owned coffee farms. This is a great opportunity to support local business!
Thursday, March 16th; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
March Lunch & Learn at the Ohio University Innovation Center: Learn About the Importance of Succession Planning. Small Business owners work hard to build companies that will continue after they retire or pass away. Establishing a succession plan provides a framework for smoothing any transition to either family members, senior managers, or other leadership. Mr. Robert Gall of Molllia Gall Sloan & Sillery Co. LPA will return to Lunch & Learn this month to share his experience and expertise in succession planning.
This event is free and open to the public and free lunch will be provided. To RSVP, please
email
Trenia at
twyman@ohio.edu
by noon on Tuesday, March 14th.
Tuesday, March 21st; 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ACEnet's So You Want to Start a Business webinar. See above story for more details.
Wednesday, March 22nd; 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
ACEnet's Understand Your Market training at SPICE in New Straitsville, Ohio on March 29th from 2:00-3:30 PM - For more information or to register e-mail Grace at gracek@acenetworks.org
Red Tail Design Company's
grand opening is going to be Saturday, April 8th from 12:00pm-6:00pm here in their retail location at ACEnet. There will also be a variety of food carts in the parking lot, a red tail hawk & activities across Columbus Road at Devil's Kettle Brewing. Come see all that Red Tail Design Co. has to offer, grab a bite, have some fun! More details to come.
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94 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701
740-592-3854
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