| |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
September 2019 Newsletter
|
|
ACEnet Tenant Miltin, LLC Keeps it Green
As Ohio University Bobcats move in, old mattresses move out. Did you know that ACEnet tenant
Miltin, LLC - Mattress and Box Spring Recycling is a zero waste mattress and box spring recycling company serving Southeastern, Ohio and beyond? They deconstruct used mattresses and box springs, into fabric, plastic, metal and wood components for recycling, reducing the impact on area landfills!
Have a renovation project & don't know what to do with your old beds? Call Miltin, LLC!
♻️
♻️
|
|
Running A Small Business in Southeast Ohio Takes Hard Work: Primaterra Farm
As you know, running a small business in Southeast Ohio takes hard work, tenacity,
and
gumption! People start small businesses for a number of different reasons, so in our new 3-part blog series from Microenterprise Program Trainer, Kyle Verge, we would like to introduce you to three amazing ACEnet clients. Last week we introduced you to Gina Gabriel of Congress Run Greenhouse. You may know our next client from the Athens Farmers Market, where he sells delicious produce, poultry, and eggs every Saturday. His name is Henry Jochem, of Primaterra Farm in Perry County.
 Henry Jochem has been farming on twelve acres in Perry County, Ohio since 2015 & has grown to be an integral part of the Athens Farmers Market, offering unique specialty vegetables, duck and chicken eggs, and duck and chicken meat. He also introduced southeastern Ohio communities to green daikon radishes, watermelon radishes and purple daikon radishes after noticing a hole in the market. Right now, Henry is test marketing "Radish Kraut," a spicy and delicious blend of radishes, cayenne pepper, garlic and pink Himalayan salt to his market customers!
|
|
ACEnet's ServSafe Food Protection Manager Training/Certification
Does your staff need Food Protection Manager training? Are you a full service restaurant? Deli or meat processor? Risk level 3 or 4 food service operation? Then the answer is yes!
ServSafe Certified, ACEnet Food Enterprise Coordinator, Adam Kody, will lead this 2-day training from 9am - 5pm on October 9th & 10th at ACEnet on Columbus Road in Athens.
$100 registration for ACEnet clients ($125 for non-clients) will include:
o 2-day classroom training
o Slideshow presentation style including video presentations
o Notebooks, folders and writing utensils will be provided
o Testing materials will be provided
o Lunch is included
Attendees will receive their ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification.
|
|
ACEnet Food Ventures Tenant Announces New Owners
Gourmet Your Way is under new ownership, but not to worry, it's owned by a couple who have been doing the behind the scenes work for years, Greg & Carla Travers! This week's Raid (9/05) benefits Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, features many new items like Chicken Parm & Italian Wedding Soup and pick-up is still here at ACEnet!
|
|
Growing Your Local Community Using a
Collaborative Approach
ACEnet Collaborates with AIR: Shift - Central Appalachia. The AIR Institute (AIR) is an empowering ecosystem that provides artists, businesses and communities the tools, resources, and support to learn, connect, and succeed. AIR merges the creativity of the arts with the innovation of business to raise the value of arts and creativity in all our communities.
Growing your local economy using a collaborative approach. That is the idea the AIR Shift curriculum was based upon. With support from the Ohio Arts Council, eleven facilitators from Ohio participated in a three day facilitation training in Huntington, WV taught by Beth Flowers of Berea College.
Upon returning from the facilitation training, ACEnet determined that Nelsonville, Ohio was the community most ready for this innovative approach to economic development. ACEnet, in collaboration with Rural Action, Stuart's Opera House, and Athens County, held a one day mini-workshop, Art Builds Business Builds Art, to assess the interest from community members. Over thirty local community members, employees, and AmeriCorps service members showed up to learn how traditional businesses and creatives can work together to bolster the local economy.
|
|
ACEnet Has Available Space!
Are you looking for office space or warehouse space? An entire office building to have to yourself? ACEnet has some openings in both Athens and Nelsonville! For more info & to take virtual tours of our spaces, please visit our website here:
|
|
Small Business Resources
Do you have an idea for a great business? Already have a business but have some questions? Call Kyle, ACEnet's Microenterprise Program!
|
|
Need A Licensed Facility for Processing Meat or Veggies?
Well you're in luck! ACEnet's Food & Farm Enterprise Center in Nelsonville is open for business! Process your meats and/or your veggies for retail, wholesale, etc. in adjacent rooms and take advantage of ACEnet's packaging and labeling space! Contact ACEnet's Food Ventures Coordinator, Adam Kody, for more info! AdamK@acenetworks.org or 740-249-1125
|
|
|
ACEnet's Meat Processing Room
|
|
|
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!
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94 Columbus Rd, Athens, OH 45701
740-592-3854
|
|
|
|
Sincerely
