To kick off our 4th quarter marketing series, we'll explore why and how brick-and-mortar & digital retailers will need to bend and break traditional marketing rules to successfully make it through the last quarter of 2020.
Join this conversation about best practices to develop and maintain successful businesses. This has been particularly challenging during the pandemic. This panel discussion will explore how we are making it happen nonetheless. The purpose of the Small Business Center is “Increasing Business Success” and we will explore ways to do this during each roundtable. Register […]
Cobblestone Farmers Market vendors are increasing accessibility to fresh, local food by expanding pre-order capabilities, on-farm pick-up, home delivery services and expanded CSA memberships. All Cobblestone Market activities will take place at 1001 S. Marshall Street until further notice.
Head to the Urban Farmers & Vendor Market every Thursday for farm-fresh veggies, fruit and produce! Local business owners featuring African clothing, jewelry, makeup and more will also be present. Seniors are allowed to shop from 12:30-1:00 pm. Strict COVID-19 guidelines will be followed, so please grab your mask and wallet and come support these […]
This seminar is designed for small business owners interested in gaining the fundamentals of grant seeking. Through the sharing of best practices, you will learn how to identify prospects, how to establish relationships with prospective funding organizations and individuals, how to structure a grant proposal, and how to meet deadlines while delivering the best possible […]
Register now at ZOOM to attend this free event. Join us for a free launch reading and discussion on ZOOM with Terri Kirby Erickson to celebrate her sixth collection of poems, A Sun Inside My Chest. To help support the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Terri and her husband Leonard will donate […]
The Liberty Street Urban Farmers Market is open from 4 to 6 p.m. every second and fourth Friday. Customers can use their SNAP EBT cards to make purchases in addition to other payment methods accepted by vendors. The process will be similar to the SNAP EBT transactions at the Fairgrounds Farmers Market, where customers can […]
Want more downtown shopping options, into the evening and the late-night? Join Hempress Farms, LLC and Ma'ati Spa every Friday night from 7 pm until midnight to enjoy tastings and samples of products at their store, along with many other local vendors as well! FREE FOR ALL GUESTS! The entire spa-like location with a rooftop […]
Cobblestone Farmers Market vendors are increasing accessibility to fresh, local food by expanding pre-order capabilities, on-farm pick-up, home delivery services and expanded CSA memberships. All Cobblestone Market activities will take place at 1001 S. Marshall Street until further notice.
Learn how to safely use MIG welding equipment and get hands-on experience welding. Beginners Welcome! You'll be taking 8 small horseshoes and learning how to weld them together into sets of 4, which then get offset and welded together into a fabulous, horseshoe wreath that you can take home and hang as is, paint or […]
Eat on the Run food truck offers a variety of delicious food from burgers to breakfast and brunch items.
Intro to Data Visualization and Tableau is taught by Bonny Mcclain, a healthcare data consultant and tableau expert. You may have heard about her through her popular DataandDonuts.org blog. Here, you will learn how to take complex data sets and turn them into dynamic data visualizations to make insights and hypotheses that can be explored […]
Track key data points and monitor performance measures at a glance, with Excel Dashboards. Learn how to use this powerful tool to keep your enterprise moving forward. The class will be held Mondays from 6 to 9 pm from February 17 until March 9. To register and pay for an Individual Continuing Education course, call […]