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Heating Up in July with ACEnet
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ACEnet Unveils New Food Processing Center!
To support local farmers and value-added food producers, ACEnet began construction in October 2017 to open an Ohio Department of Agriculture licensed Food & Farm Enterprise Center on ACEnet's Nelsonville Business Campus with dedicated processing facilities for both meat and produce.
Construction was finished in 2018, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony in June. ACEnet is poised for the facility to be open to farmers and value-added food producers in August! Small businesses utilizing ACEnet's Food & Farm Enterprise Center will also have access to ACEnet's TA and Microenterprise programs.
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Nature's Magic, Successful ACEnet Graduate!
Natures Magic became an ACEnet Tenant in April of 2013, providing hand-made, natural eco-friendly cleaning products focused on ensuring that the products used in home cleaning are both good for the earth, and healthy for the inhabitants and cleaners.
Magic's Danielle Young had been conducting her home-based business since 2008 when she became an ACEnet client to scale up her business capacity and gain access to wholesale and retail markets. She began using ACEnet as her manufacturing space and received assistance developing her product label and packaging. Utilizing branding assistance, Nature's Magic products have acquired shelf space in many local stores, and in various Columbus & Toledo locations along with being utilized by many local businesses in their cleaning routine.
ACEnet focuses on helping small businesses get their start & grow their operations, and Nature's Magic has flourished, becoming a successful ACEnet graduate at the beginning of July!
"I've actually grown right out of my office at ACEnet where it all began almost 5 yearsago. I have spent the past week packing, loading, unloading, and unpacking into my new office space. I have officially moved in to the Ohio University Innovation Center! I am so grateful for everyone that has encouraged and helped me get to where I am today. Thank you. Onward!" - Danielle Young
Congratulations, Danielle! We'll miss seeing you around ACEnet but we look forward to seeing all you do in the future!
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ACEnet's Wood Manufacturing Center
 Our region is experiencing a resurgence of small businesses within the wood products sector, capitalizing on our rich traditions and natural resources.
Did you know that ACEnet opened a Wood Manufacturing Center in our Nelsonville Business Campus last year in order to strengthen these small businesses? Setting aside more than 1,200 square feet of secured space, the center hosts regional wood manufacturing businesses in need of space and expensive equipment. By providing this space and shared equipment, woodworkers can start up or expand their businesses without the large initial cost of equipment while they operate in the low-cost environment of our business incubator.
Additional plans are underway with Hocking College to connect their wood working programs to our facility, so their students can gain access to the equipment that can help jump start their businesses. For more information, contact Josh Waddell at joshw@acenetworks.org
Equipment List: Steff Power Feeder; Jet Shaper; Grizzly 37" Drum Sander; Jet 20" Planer; Apollo Sprayer; Jet Belt Sander; SawStop 10" Industrial Table Saw; Laguna Band Saw; Dust Dog & Jet Dust Collectors. Also available, Warehouse Storage, Loading Docks & Garage Entrance next to Wood Manufacturing Center.
The creation of the center was made possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Office and our matching general revenue funds.
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Specialty Dairy Workshop & Webinar Series
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More ACEnet Client News
 Specializing in outdoor education and sustainable/alternative living, Solid Ground Farm offers everything from alternative living and permaculture workshops to on-site earth-building and farming projects.
Selling the produce from their gardens in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs and looking to expand their options, Solid Ground Farm became a new ACEnet client at the beginning of June. Since then, they have been dehydrating and packing mulberries in the ACEnet Food Ventures Center.
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Ohio Tax Holiday on School Supplies
H.B. 49 enacted a sales tax holiday in Ohio to occur beginning Friday, August 3 at 12 am and ending Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 11:59 pm. Items that are exempt from sales and use tax include clothing priced at $75 per item or less, school supplies priced at $20 per item or less, and school instructional material priced at $20 per item or less. Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday. For more information, call 800-304-3211
If you buy your back to school supplies at Kroger, you have an opportunity to support ACEnet at the same time! 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 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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Upcoming Workshops & Webinars
ACEnet Free Business Class Series:
Do you work as a handy-man or contractor? Would you like to start your own home-based business or food business? Are you wanting to turn your hobby into extra income?
ACEnet is offering six FREE small business classes at the Nelsonville Public Library in July. All classes are held from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM on Tuesdays & Thursdays at the Athens County Public Library main branch in Nelsonville (95 West Washington Street).
MONEY & FINANCE CLASS
July 19, 2018 3:30pm-5:00pm
TYPES OF BUSINESSES CLASS
July 24, 2018 3:30pm-5:00pm
WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN CLASS
July 26, 2018 3:30pm-5:00pm
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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
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