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To support the growing craft beverage industry in the Mountain State and encourage further expansion, the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University, Brilliant Stream and the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition will sponsor another statewide virtual gathering January 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Craft: A Farm to Bottle Summit will provide…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will host Opening Soon, Inc., a free virtual entrepreneurial program starting Saturday, January 15, at 9 a.m. that will consist of 10 weeks of training on various aspects of creating and maintaining a business. Clinton Arnold, business and marketing professor at WVSU, will cover topics such as design…
Marshall University’s 38th President Brad D. Smith officially joined the school today, complete with a celebratory donning of a Kelly green jacket presented by Board of Governors Chairman Patrick Farrell and Vice Chairman Toney Stroud. Smith’s day began in his Old Main office before dawn where he reviewed the upcoming schedule with his transition team. Also,…
Shared-Use Kitchen Concept Removes Costly Barrier for Start-Ups Lemongrass Kitchen, the region’s first collaborative kitchen for food entrepreneurs and small businesses, opens December 15th in The Offices at Orchard Park in Crab Orchard. Also referred to as kitchen incubators, kitchen rentals and shared kitchens, the goal of facilities like Lemongrass Kitchen is to help home…
Wheeling Country Day School (WCDS) is a unique place. Nestled in the Woodsdale neighborhood of Wheeling with the Ohio Valley foothills rising all around, the six-acre mini college campus teems with energy all year long. Kids and adults are outside every day, rain or shine, and “learn everywhere” has become a motto of sorts, especially these last two years.
The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office registered 856 new businesses statewide during the month of November 2021 according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Wirt County led the state in the percentage of new business registration growth for the month with a total of three new businesses, a 1.72% increase. The Secretary of State’s…