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Keeping Cool in August with ACEnet!
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ACEnet Tenant News
ACEnet has a new Food Ventures tenant!
Dr. May's Thai Kitchen
has cooked authentic Thai food and served mama friends in Athens for the past 2 years. Now she is offering authentic Thai food to all of you!
Pre-orders for Dr. May's Thai Green Curry (with your choice of tofu, chicken or beef) are open NOW until Friday, August 11th at midnight.
There will be 15 servings available for each pickup date (Monday, 14th to Thursday, 17th) from 6:00 - 6:15 pm here at ACEnet (94 Columbus Road). You can order a hot & ready to eat or a refrigerated version of green curry. To order, email
drmaysthaikitchen@outlook.com, call 740-274-3903, or check out Dr. May's FB page for more info!
Be sure to get your orders in ASAP!
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80 Year Old Organization Visits ACEnet, Shagbark
On Thursday, July 27th, the Rural Sociological Society (RSS) took time from their annual meeting to come to Southeast Ohio. The RSS is a national, professional social science association that promotes the generation, application and dissemination of sociological knowledge and seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities and the environment.
Bringing visitors from states as far away as California and Maine, the RSS tour group was interested in learning about
economic development in Appalachia, with a focus on any issues, challenges, or opportunities that are particular to this region, and how rural economies can be impacted by a shared-use kitchen incubator, etc. such as ACEnet's.
The Shagbark Seed & Mill visit was more focused on grower/supplier relations and impacts they've seen to the farming economy, and included a round table discussion to allow RSS members to ask questions.
The day included many opportunities for learning and networking, and lunch, with 7 different pizzas from fantastic local business Avalanche Pizza, was agreed to be one of the day's highlights and a great illustration of the relationship between farmers, processors and the value-added producers that exists in Southeast Ohio.
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ACEnet Tabling at KitchenFest
On Saturday, August 26th, Live Healthy Appalachia will present KitchenFest for beginner or skilled cooks at Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. KitchenFest will offer 12 engaging workshops to get you excited about cooking and creating things in your home! There will also be kitchen and artisan vendors from across Southeast Ohio, as well as a panel of kitchen "experts" who will be on-hand throughout the day to answer your toughest questions, and a silent auction!
We'll be hanging out in the vendor area all day to talk to anyone thinking about starting their own food business (or any other kind of business), so be sure to stop by & say hello! ACEnet has donated a gift card for one free client intake meeting ($40 value), along with some other goodies for the silent auction, so be on the lookout for that as well.
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Are You a Food Producer or Buyer Looking to Increase Sales?
ACEnet's Special Projects Coordinator, Rosemary Roe, also attended the event bringing along a variety of value-added samples from 15 regional food businesses participating in the Central Appalachia Corridor Project, a 2 year, multi-state project to increase economic opportunities across coal impacted counties throughout Appalachia, made possible with generous investment from the Appalachian Regional Commission's POWER initiative.
As the afternoon progressed, attendees mingled and helped each other identify sales
opportunities across the state, and, for the 15 small businesses ACEnet represented, a first of many sales across product lines! See our
Community Updates
for the rest of this exciting story!
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Free Training on Cottage Food Laws!
Learn all about cottage food laws & how to market and sell your homemade creations at this FREE workshop with ACEnet's Leslie Schaller next week at SPICE in New Straitsville!
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Opportunity in Zanesville!
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event, where attendees pitch ideas, form teams and start companies. These events are very community focused and provide a place for budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors, and momentum for their ideas. The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional), the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then teams form around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. Finally, the weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors. See Startup Weekend Zanesville for more info.
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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.
Saturdays; 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The
Nelsonville Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM in the Rocky Boots Clock Tower parking lot at the corner of East Canal St. & Rocky Boots Way. For more information & information on becoming a vendor, see the
Nelsonville Farmers Market Facebook page.
Friday, August 4th; 12:00 PM
The West Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association presents their
Effective Communication Strategies workshop at ACEnet at 12:00 PM. There are only 10 spaces available, for more info or to find out about other workshops offered,
call 800-272-3900 or email,
wvinfo@alz.org.
Sunday, August 6th - 12th
Celebrate
National Farmers Market Week by supporting your local farmers markets!
Saturday, August 12th; 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Bounty on the Bricks, a fundraiser for Southeast Ohio Food Bank, celebrates local farmers and fresh produce, the beauty of Court Street, and the generosity of the Athens community.
Through your ticket purchase, you support the Southeast Ohio Food Bank and its member food pantries in Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington counties. Tickets are $100 each and include a gourmet meal. For more information or to register for tickets, please visit
Bounty on the Bricks
Monday, August 14th; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Cottage Food Laws workshop with Leslie Schaller of ACEnet at the Southern Perry Incubation Center for Entrepreneurs (SPICE). See above flyer for more info.
Thursday, August 17th;5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Canning without Catastrophe: Pressure Canning Method:
ACEnet, Building C, 94 Columbus Road, Athens Ohio.
Community Food Initiatives is providing a hands-on workshop on pressure canning, reviewing all safety precautions, tasty recipes and tips. Learn to store low-acid vegetables like green beans and beets. Free for annual CFI members; $5 for non-CFI members. Any questions about event, call 740-593-5971 or email
gardens@communityfoodinitiatives.org
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Monday, August 21st - Solar Eclipse!
Friday, August 25th - Sunday August 27th; 6:00 PM Start Time
Startup Weekend Zanesville is taking place at
Zane State College Advanced Science & Technology Center, 1400 Newark Rd, Zanesville, Ohio 43701. See above flyer for more info, or go to Startup Weekend Zanesville.
Saturday, August 26th; 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
KitchenFest
, presented by Live Healthy Appalachia at
Stuart's Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville.
Live Healthy Appalachia will present KitchenFest for beginner or skilled cooks. For details, tickets, and schedule of events, visit
www.kitchenfest.org
. ACEnet will be tabling at this event, stop by & say hi!
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94 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701
740-592-3854
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It was a hot day in West Virginia's panhandle where more than 35 farmers, restaurateurs, grocery operators and food and beverage service providers gathered at the 
