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Ringing In the New Year with ACEnet!
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ACEnet Tenant News!
ACEnet has a new tenant! Red Tail Design Company is a multifaceted design shop that tackles small projects, large projects, and everything in between. They are a full service shop offering businesses the best in areas such as web design, web development, mobile development, branding, marketing, hosting, custom fabrication, woodworking, and more! They have worked with numerous businesses, organizations, and non-profits over the years, including prominent universities and national groups. They also created our website for us!
You can find Red Tail Design Company here at ACEnet and they are open Monday - Friday 10am-6pm & Saturdays 12pm-6pm.
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ACEnet Welcomes New Board Members
 Scott Zielinski is currently the Director of the Area 14 Workforce Development Board, an organization charged with the responsibility to procure workforce services, develop policies, and oversee Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding for a three-county area (Athens, Meigs and Perry).
Mr. Zielinski previously spent 15 years with the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services in multiple roles, including the supervision of the Ohio Means Jobs - Athens County center (The Work Station), Special Projects Coordinator, and Coordinator of Reentry Services. He currently serves on multiple social service and workforce advisory boards, as well as the Athens County Reentry Task Force and the Athens County Opiate Task Force.
Mr. Zielinski graduated from Ohio University in 2000 with a Bachelors of Arts and resides in The Plains, Ohio with his wife (Amy Beech) and daughter (Riley Zielinski).
 Catherine Allgood currently serves as a Director of Development for University Advancement at Ohio University. She has worked with the University since 2008. During her time at OU, she served as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving as well as the Director of Development for Student Affairs. Prior to her return to Athens, Ms. Allgood served as the Assistant Director for Annual Giving at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.
Ms. Allgood holds two degrees from Ohio University. She received her bachelor's in Psychology in 2006 and completed her Master's in Organizational Communication in 2014. She resides in Athens with her husband Gabe Giordano and their dog, Kevin Lynn.
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A Fond Farewell
The new year also brings us to a closing chapter for our Board as Ariana Ulloa-Olavarrieta rotates off after 3 years of service as a trustee. We'd like to thank Ariana for being one of the best board members a nonprofit could hope to have!
 Ms. Ulloa-Olavarrieta is the District Director for the Ohio SBDC at Columbus State which serves the business community by providing business aid for Columbus and the 8 surrounding counties. She has served the New Direction Career Center as a board member and treasurer, as well as the Hispanic Chamber of Columbus as board treasurer. Ms. Ulloa-Olavarrieta is also a small business owner; launching Bébo Naturals, an organic baby food company in 2010.
Community service has always been tremendously important to Ms. Ulloa-Olavarrieta. She has been a United Way volunteer, Junior Achievement teacher, Women's Fund volunteer, taught English as a second language and is currently on the scholarship committee for the Fund for Appalachian Ohio.
A graduate of Ohio University, she holds a Master's Degree in Financial Economics as well as a Bachelor' of Arts in Economics with specializations in Latin American Studies, Spanish and German. Born in Mexico City, Ms. Ulloa-Olavarrieta immigrated to the United States when she was 5 years old. Currently, she lives in Columbus with her husband and two children.
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ACEnet Welcomes New Staff!
 Adam Kody joined the ACEnet staff in December 2016, serving as Kitchen Manager of the Food Ventures Center shared-use kitchen incubator. Mr. Kody assists in providing training and technical assistance to food and farm microenterprises. He is licensed by the Better Process Control School, having received training in thermal processing, sanitation, and food safety procedures. Mr. Kody supervises production in the thermal processing room and trains new entrepreneurs to use processing equipment and comply with food safety and good manufacturing practices. In addition to ensuring that food producers maintain a high level of sanitation, he also assists in the scaling up of recipes to suit the level of production that the client hopes to attain, ensuring a beneficial and informative process for all clients, new and old alike.
Mr. Kody's first experience with Athens began in college, where he graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's degree in Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism Management. After going back to his hometown of Cleveland for several years, he has made his return to Athens County and now resides in Nelsonville where he can be found experimenting in his own test kitchen at home or strumming on his guitar.
Sam Rife joined the ACEnet staff as Facilities Manager in November 2016. Mr. Rife maintains all ACEnet campuses, including facilities, equipment and grounds. He also manages preventive maintenance and inventory of supplies, researches and advises for purchases of equipment, assists with tenant relations and supervises any support staff assigned to facility operations. Mr. Rife provides support services for housekeeping and maintenance in the form of insuring that all areas of all buildings and grounds on the campus are kept clean, neat and sanitary for the use of the employees and the public and also makes appropriate suggestions for ways to continually improve the overall operation of all the businesses and buildings.
Mr. Rife lives in Meigs County with his wife Stephanie who home-schools their 4 daughters, and they run an environmentally-friendly, small greenhouse business specializing in medicinal plants & herbs called Back to Eden. A musician and worship leader at their church, he also has an Associate's degree in Advanced Building Technology.
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Mixed-Use Incubators in Rural Settings
Does your organization have an interest in mixed-use incubation? On January 25th ACEnet is hosting a Mixed Use Incubators in Rural Settings training day with the Ohio CDC Association. To support strategies for comprehensive community development, organizations' current needs, reliable information and expertise, the OCDCA offers a variety of trainings and professional development opportunities designed to help their members make the most of their organizations' talent and resources. For more information & to view the agenda, please visit our website.
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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.
Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
ACEnet administrative offices will be closed today.
Thursday, January 19th; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
January Lunch & Learn at the Ohio University Innovation Center: Wellness in the Workplace with Michelle Stobart from Inhale Yoga Studio. Michelle
will talk about creating healthier habits for a happier neck, how posture impacts neck pain, and simple techniques for home or in your office to help balance the strain of the head on the neck and shoulders.
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, January 17.
Wednesday, January 25th; 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Join us at ACEnet for our Ohio CDC Association training: Mixed-Use Incubators in Rural Settings this January! See above story for more details.
Wednesday, January 25th
Thinking about applying for an Ohio CDC Association 2017-2018 VISTA? RFPs are due today!
Thursday - Saturday, February 9th - 11th
The Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association hosts Ohio's largest sustainable food & farm conference in Dayton this year! There is one week left to take advantage of early bird pricing for
#OEFFAConf2017! Register for by January 12 and save $15. For conference information & to register, click
HERE.
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94 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701
740-592-3854
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