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Help ACEnet Support the Local Small Business Economy
Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving which encourages people to do good and celebrates the incredible generosity of supporters like you! As you consider your local organizations next Tuesday, know that a donation to ACEnet is an investment in your local businesses & economy.
This Giving Tuesday sees more challenges to us all than in years past. It was just for such a time as this that ACEnet was launched 35 years ago. A time when local small businesses would be the backbone of our region and a strong, local food system would exist to help deal with shortages and issues of food safety. And so, we have, are, and will remain open, working to help small businesses find the resources to stay in operation and provide our community with essential products and services. We have been offering our technical support to help these businesses access the federal CARES Small Business Relief Grant programs and to understand all the various relief programs. Likewise, our Food Ventures Center has been a consistent, safe, place where local food producers are working their hardest for you and your neighbors to produce food.
Please consider making a tax deductible contribution in support of your community through Paypal, https://www.paypal.me/acenetathens, to support small businesses right here in our region. If you'd like to help, but not online, you can also mail a check to ACEnet at 94 Columbus Road, Athens, OH 45701.
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ACEnet Virtual Holiday Open House
Usually in December, we open ACEnet's Food Ventures Center for a family-friendly event with local food, wine & non-alcoholic beverages, and local holiday shopping opportunities, while sharing more about what ACEnet does in our community. This holiday season is shaping a little differently, of course. With holiday shopping mostly pivoting to online sales or shopping outside at pop-up markets, we wanted to make it easier & safer to meet the ACEnet family of entrepreneurs and shop their businesses. For this reason, beginning December 1st, we will be hosting a month-long Virtual Holiday Open House!
Stay tuned for details, but until next week, here is a sneak peak at one of our small businesses!
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A Farewell to Gourmet Your Way
 For the past year Greg and Carla Travers have been running Gourmet Your Way, an ACEnet Food Ventures business that would operate a monthly Raid Our Freezer event.
Raid Our Freezer provided a menu of appetizers, soups, sides and entrees for online order, to be taken home and prepared. They would also donate 10% of all sales to a local nonprofit.
We would like to bid a sad, and very fond, farewell to Greg & Carla and Gourmet Your Way as they cease production. They have been model Food Ventures tenants and we will miss them in the kitchen.
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Handmade Along the River/Pomeroy
Handmade Along the River "Helping Artists Grow" Holiday Pop-Up Shop. Showcasing local artists, with select vintage and antique items too. Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10-5 until Christmas. Paintings, jewelry, clothing, herbal products, candles, soaps, cloth items and selected antiques. Located at 108 Main Street in Pomeroy, OH.
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Welcome Back, Chams!
ACenet is happy to welcome Chams Ekelman of Chams Lebanese Cuisine back to the Food Ventures Center. Chams Extra Virgin Olive Oil is sourced from her family olive orchard in Lebanon. They grow and press the olives in Lebanon to make the oil, and ship it here, through customs, to be bottled and labeled in the ACEnet Food Ventures Center.
ACEnet has helped Chams with nutritional panel creation, sourcing jars and lids, getting their label approved by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, and with label printing options.
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Relief Resources for Artists, Farmers, Food Service & Retail, Individuals, Nonprofits & Small Businesses
ACenet is maintaining & regularly updating our Relief Resources web page. It includes funding relief resources for artists, farmers, food service & retail businesses, individuals, nonprofits & small businesses in general. If you have any questions or would like assistance applying for any funding packages, please contact LeslieS@acenetworks.org.
 ACEnet facilities, including the Food Ventures Center in Athens & the Food & Farm Enterprise Center in Nelsonville are and will remain open until further notice. ACEnet staff is available (remotely) for our various business counseling services.
Please email your needs to LeslieS@acenetworks.org and you will be connected with a staff member who can assist you.
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Upcoming Events
Saturdays, Wednesdays; 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Athens Farmers Market takes places every Saturday and Wednesday at the Market on East State. For more information & information on becoming a vendor, see the Athens Farmers Market website.
Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM The Meigs County Farmers Market takes place every Saturday at the levee parking lot on Main Street in Pomeroy. For more information & information on becoming a vendor, see the Meigs County Farmers Market website.
Thursdays, Friday, Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Handmade Along the River "Helping Artists Grow" Holiday Pop-Up Shop. Showcasing local artists, with select vintage and antique items too. Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10-5 until Christmas. Paintings, jewelry, clothing, herbal products, candles, soaps, cloth items and selected antiques. Located at 108 Main Street in Pomeroy, OH.
Wednesdays, December 3rd; 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Webinar: Unique Value Propositions, presented by ACEnet's Microenterprise Program Trainer, Kyle Verge. This webinar focuses on the way business owners can communicate the unique value they provide to consumers. Your UVP (unique value proposition) is a clear statement that describes the benefit of your offer, how you solve your customer's needs and what distinguishes you from the competition. Webinar presented on Facebook Live. Contact KyleV@acenetworks.org with any questions.
Thursday, December 10th; 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Webinar: Ask a Bookkeeper, presented by ACEnet and Candida Stamp from Big Time Bookkeeping, LLC. This webinar will be a drop in style question and answer opportunity with Candida Scott of Big Time Bookkeeping. Hiring a bookkeeper can be a great way to alleviate the stress of financial management that sometimes comes with QuickBooks. Please feel free to reply to this email with any questions you may have, so we can be sure to address them! *Candida would like us to note that she is not an accountant, so she will not be addressing any specific tax questions, but rather what a bookkeeper can do for you, including the importance of keeping your books up to date, which will make your accountant's life (and yours!) easier. Webinar presented on Facebook Live. Contact MadelynB@acenetworks.org with any question, and to submit question to Candida.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that Kroger has a community rewards program much like Amazon Smile? If you sign up for Kroger Community Rewards & designate ACEnet as your nonprofit of choice they'll donate a percentage of the money you spend on groceries to us!
You may need to renew your choice if it's been a while. Go to Kroger Community Rewards and search for ACE NET (needs to have the space), after you choose us, Kroger donates to us every time you shop!
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94 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701
740-592-3854
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Sincerely
