Calendar of Events

Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Monday, February 14, 2022
Adopt a Cute Critter
Feb 14 all-day
online

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Looking for an unusual Valentine gift for the foxy animal lover in your life? You still have time to adopt a river otter, red panda, red fox or skunk for that special someone on Valentine’s Day! Now through February 15, your $50 or $100 adoption of one of these four animals comes with some French Broad Chocolate and supports our beloved WNC Nature Center.

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Categories: Family Fun Holiday
Food Vendor Applications for 2022 Events Available Now
Feb 14 all-day
online

The Asheville Downtown Association is now accepting applications for food vending at our 2022 events. These include Downtown After 5, the Independence Day Celebration and Asheville Oktoberfest.

Applications are due Friday, February 25 at 5pm.

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Categories: Business and Networking Food & Drink
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 14 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Read more
Categories: Bookclubs Holiday
Henderson County Tourism Grants
Feb 14 all-day
online
The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (HCTDA) is excited to announce that its tourism grant program is returning, with a goal of awarding several hundred thousand dollars to as many tourism-related Henderson County for-profit and nonprofit organizations who apply for funding as possible.
If your organization is interested in learning more about any of the grants that will be made available by the HCTDA for 2022-2023, you are invited to attend the Tourism Conference or to an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 26th at Cascades Mountain Resort, located at 201 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792, where you may drop in anytime from 3-4:30 pm.
The funds, which must be used for tourism-related projects, will be available in three categories: Destination Marketing Grants, Destination Event Grants, and Capital Project Grants.
Applications will be accepted from February 1- 28, 2022. Grant award decisions will be made in spring 2022 by the HCTDA Board members.
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Categories: Business and Networking Grants
Shades of Rosé Gin Cocktail Kit: Dozen Roses
Feb 14 all-day
online w/ Cultivated Cocktails

Shades of Rosé Gin Cocktail Kit: Dozen Roses

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Categories: Food & Drink Holiday
Nominations are Now Being Accepted for the 15th Annual ATHENA of Henderson County Award
Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
online

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The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Pardee UNC Health Care, Optimum/Morris Broadband, and Judy Stroud/State Farm Insurance are pleased to announce the 15th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award in Henderson County in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz. Nominations are now being accepted for the ATHENA Leadership Award, which will be presented at the Professional Women’s Luncheon in May to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way, and, most importantly, actively assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential.

Founded over 30 years ago, ATHENA International is a women’s leadership organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through the programs it administers. ATHENA’s flagship program, the ATHENA Leadership Award Program, has honored over 6000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries since its inception in 1982.

Vanessa Y. Mintz brought the ATHENA award to Henderson County in 2008 and she embodied the values underlying ATHENA Vanessas Vision

International’s philosophy of incorporating the talent and expertise of women into the leadership of our businesses, our communities, and our government. Reflective of a quote attributed to Plato, “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there”, the ATHENA Leadership Award honors and illuminates the leaders and leadership styles of individuals others would emulate.

The program is facilitated locally by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, a licensed ATHENA host organization. Nominations are sought throughout the community. Recipients are selected by a diverse group of out-of-town professional judges, based on Athena leadership criteria.

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients hail from all professional sectors. The award’s rich history, international scope, and emphasis on mentorship make this award unique and amongst the most prestigious leadership awards one can receive. Past Henderson County ATHENA Recipients Include:

Kathy Streeter Morgan (2021)

Barbara Volk, City of Hendersonville (2020)

Barb Morgan, Project Dignity of WNC (2019)

Lee Henderson Hill, Community Foundation of Henderson County (2018)

Roxanna Pepper, Children & Family Resource Center (2017)

Judy Stroud, State Farm Insurance (2016)

Judith Long, Free Clinics (2015)

Caroline Long, St. Gerard House (2014)

Annie Fritschner, First United Methodist Church (2013)

Myra Grant, Pardee Hospital Foundation (2012)

Joyce Mason, Four Seasons Compassion for Life (2011)

Pat Shepherd, Pat’s School of Dance (2010)

Ragan Ward, Carolina Alliance Bank (2009)

Robin Reed, Bares It All (2008)

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients are presented a hand-cast, bronzed and crystal sculpture that symbolizes the strength, courage, and wisdom of ATHENA Recipients.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
Valentine’s at The Grove Arcade
Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Grove Arcade

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Spend Valentine’s Day with your loved one at the Grove Arcade. Flora Diva will be selling handpicked flowers and arrangements all day! Marc Keller will be playing a variety of guitar instrumentals and vocal music all day. They will also have their very own Catalina Rose doing hand-written couple’s poetry for free. This is a multi-day event taking place Feb 12-14th so take your Valentine to one of the most architecturally romantic places in town. No cover.

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Categories: Holiday Music
Valentine Dessert Art at Posana
Feb 14 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Posana

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pecial V-day dessert alert: Our friends at Posana have outdone themselves with this Lavender Honey Cake with pomegranate mousse, orange curd, chocolate almond meringue kisses, Earl Grey honey gel, and fresh pomegranate arils.

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Categories: Food & Drink Holiday
Valentine’s Day Weekend Comedy Show
Feb 14 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Legends Club at TIEC

Valentine's Day Weekend at Tryon Resort

Celebrate Valentine’s Day Weekend at Tryon Resort and treat yourself (and your significant other!) to a full roster of can’t-miss events. Join us Friday, February 11 for Comedy Night presented by Comedy Zone, one of TWO shows you can catch while celebrating Valentine’s Day Weekend with us.

Comedian Bios:

Johnny Millwater: 

Johnny Millwater has devoted his life to making people laugh. Johnny’s extraordinary use of language, rapid-fire delivery and old-school showmanship make his shows fun, hilarious and unforgettable!

Jason Allen King:

Jason Allen King is a comedian, writer, actor, filmmaker, and bird watcher from Charlotte, NC. Exploiting his own peculiar personal experiences, family, and relationships (or lack thereof), King’s comedy offers a unique perspective on familiar situations. A northerner who’s been living in the south too long, he has endeared himself to audiences across the country pushing boundaries through a positive and sharp spin on observations and self-deprecation.

Fresh off the taping of his Dry Comedy Special and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, King is back touring the country. He has opened for renowned comedians like Preacher Lawson, Fortune Feimster, Rob Schneider, Christopher Titus, Colin Quinn, and Dave Attell. He was voted Charlotte’s Favorite Comedian by Elevate Lifestyle Magazine, featured in It’s A Southern Thing’s One of 15 Southern Comics to Watch and Best of the Fest at the Burbank Comedy Festival. King is the host of The Comedy Zone Podcast. He also writes and stars in the popular video series “George & Monty,” which was invited to screen at the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival.

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Categories: Comedy Holiday
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
2022 Issues Survey, It’s Vital We Hear From Your Downtown Business
Feb 15 all-day
online
Twice each year, we survey our membership and the downtown business community. Surveys are an important tool in gathering feedback from our members. The results will be presented at our State of Downtown Luncheon on Tuesday, March 8.

The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. This survey is focused on downtown businesses. We want to hear from owners and employees alike, so please share with your staff. **We hope to work with partners to develop at survey for residents later in the year.

Access the survey here.

Survey data is shared with City Council, County Commission and appropriate staff. It is also discussed at meetings with partners and other organizations working towards solutions. It’s important that we hear from as many businesses as possible.
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Categories: Business and Networking
Adopt a Cute Critter
Feb 15 all-day
online

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Looking for an unusual Valentine gift for the foxy animal lover in your life? You still have time to adopt a river otter, red panda, red fox or skunk for that special someone on Valentine’s Day! Now through February 15, your $50 or $100 adoption of one of these four animals comes with some French Broad Chocolate and supports our beloved WNC Nature Center.

Read more
Categories: Family Fun Holiday
Food Vendor Applications for 2022 Events Available Now
Feb 15 all-day
online

The Asheville Downtown Association is now accepting applications for food vending at our 2022 events. These include Downtown After 5, the Independence Day Celebration and Asheville Oktoberfest.

Applications are due Friday, February 25 at 5pm.

Read more
Categories: Business and Networking Food & Drink
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 15 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Read more
Categories: Bookclubs Holiday
Henderson County Tourism Grants
Feb 15 all-day
online
The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (HCTDA) is excited to announce that its tourism grant program is returning, with a goal of awarding several hundred thousand dollars to as many tourism-related Henderson County for-profit and nonprofit organizations who apply for funding as possible.
If your organization is interested in learning more about any of the grants that will be made available by the HCTDA for 2022-2023, you are invited to attend the Tourism Conference or to an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 26th at Cascades Mountain Resort, located at 201 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792, where you may drop in anytime from 3-4:30 pm.
The funds, which must be used for tourism-related projects, will be available in three categories: Destination Marketing Grants, Destination Event Grants, and Capital Project Grants.
Applications will be accepted from February 1- 28, 2022. Grant award decisions will be made in spring 2022 by the HCTDA Board members.
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Categories: Business and Networking Grants
Join the team: Hiring a RiverCamp Counselor
Feb 15 all-day
online w/ River Link

Join the team: Hiring a RiverCamp Counselor

We are now hiring for our summer camp counselor position. Come spend the summer on the river with some awesome kids and prepare them to be the next generation of river stewards. Click below to learn more.

Position description and application instructions.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
Nominations are Now Being Accepted for the 15th Annual ATHENA of Henderson County Award
Feb 15 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
online

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The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Pardee UNC Health Care, Optimum/Morris Broadband, and Judy Stroud/State Farm Insurance are pleased to announce the 15th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award in Henderson County in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz. Nominations are now being accepted for the ATHENA Leadership Award, which will be presented at the Professional Women’s Luncheon in May to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way, and, most importantly, actively assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential.

Founded over 30 years ago, ATHENA International is a women’s leadership organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through the programs it administers. ATHENA’s flagship program, the ATHENA Leadership Award Program, has honored over 6000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries since its inception in 1982.

Vanessa Y. Mintz brought the ATHENA award to Henderson County in 2008 and she embodied the values underlying ATHENA Vanessas Vision

International’s philosophy of incorporating the talent and expertise of women into the leadership of our businesses, our communities, and our government. Reflective of a quote attributed to Plato, “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there”, the ATHENA Leadership Award honors and illuminates the leaders and leadership styles of individuals others would emulate.

The program is facilitated locally by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, a licensed ATHENA host organization. Nominations are sought throughout the community. Recipients are selected by a diverse group of out-of-town professional judges, based on Athena leadership criteria.

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients hail from all professional sectors. The award’s rich history, international scope, and emphasis on mentorship make this award unique and amongst the most prestigious leadership awards one can receive. Past Henderson County ATHENA Recipients Include:

Kathy Streeter Morgan (2021)

Barbara Volk, City of Hendersonville (2020)

Barb Morgan, Project Dignity of WNC (2019)

Lee Henderson Hill, Community Foundation of Henderson County (2018)

Roxanna Pepper, Children & Family Resource Center (2017)

Judy Stroud, State Farm Insurance (2016)

Judith Long, Free Clinics (2015)

Caroline Long, St. Gerard House (2014)

Annie Fritschner, First United Methodist Church (2013)

Myra Grant, Pardee Hospital Foundation (2012)

Joyce Mason, Four Seasons Compassion for Life (2011)

Pat Shepherd, Pat’s School of Dance (2010)

Ragan Ward, Carolina Alliance Bank (2009)

Robin Reed, Bares It All (2008)

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients are presented a hand-cast, bronzed and crystal sculpture that symbolizes the strength, courage, and wisdom of ATHENA Recipients.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
Getting Started with eCommerce
Feb 15 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
BRCC SBC Online

Have you been thinking about building an online store to sell your physical or digital products? Building a Website that can handle Ecommerce, taking payments, calculating shipping and tax, and managing subscriptions is easier than you might think. In this class we’ll walk through the basics of Ecommerce as well as answer some more advanced questions pertaining to taking an online store to the next level. Don’t lock yourself to Etsy or Shopify and put up with their built-in fees. Build it yourself on WordPress and WooCommerce which has now become the leader in online Ecommerce platforms.

Speaker(s): Boomer Sassmann

Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce

Webinar info will be emailed after registration

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Categories: Business and Networking Community Education
Unlocking Growth: Sales Funnels for Your Business (Part 2 of 2)
Feb 15 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
online

No cost due to sponsor support

(You do not need to have attended Part 1 to attend Part 2)

The concept of the Sales Funnel is critical to building interest and rapport with your online prospects, nurturing them through the online experience towards making a purchase or donation. ‘

In this session we will continue to explore what a Sales Funnel is, what makes up the funnel, and ways to best build one for your own particular goals that triggers sales growth and transactions for your organization.

In this session we will also spend time reviewing visual examples of sales funnels, correct build and application of sales funnels for different business models including a LIVE Q&A session covering anything from both Part 1 and Part 2.

Join us as we begin continue to unlock growth for your organization by learning about the Sales Funnel!

Speaker(s): Aaron Wesley Means

Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce

Webinar info will be emailed after registration

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Categories: Business and Networking Education
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
2022 Issues Survey, It’s Vital We Hear From Your Downtown Business
Feb 16 all-day
online
Twice each year, we survey our membership and the downtown business community. Surveys are an important tool in gathering feedback from our members. The results will be presented at our State of Downtown Luncheon on Tuesday, March 8.

The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. This survey is focused on downtown businesses. We want to hear from owners and employees alike, so please share with your staff. **We hope to work with partners to develop at survey for residents later in the year.

Access the survey here.

Survey data is shared with City Council, County Commission and appropriate staff. It is also discussed at meetings with partners and other organizations working towards solutions. It’s important that we hear from as many businesses as possible.
Read more
Categories: Business and Networking
Food Vendor Applications for 2022 Events Available Now
Feb 16 all-day
online

The Asheville Downtown Association is now accepting applications for food vending at our 2022 events. These include Downtown After 5, the Independence Day Celebration and Asheville Oktoberfest.

Applications are due Friday, February 25 at 5pm.

Read more
Categories: Business and Networking Food & Drink
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 16 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Read more
Categories: Bookclubs Holiday
Henderson County Tourism Grants
Feb 16 all-day
online
The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (HCTDA) is excited to announce that its tourism grant program is returning, with a goal of awarding several hundred thousand dollars to as many tourism-related Henderson County for-profit and nonprofit organizations who apply for funding as possible.
If your organization is interested in learning more about any of the grants that will be made available by the HCTDA for 2022-2023, you are invited to attend the Tourism Conference or to an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 26th at Cascades Mountain Resort, located at 201 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792, where you may drop in anytime from 3-4:30 pm.
The funds, which must be used for tourism-related projects, will be available in three categories: Destination Marketing Grants, Destination Event Grants, and Capital Project Grants.
Applications will be accepted from February 1- 28, 2022. Grant award decisions will be made in spring 2022 by the HCTDA Board members.
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Categories: Business and Networking Grants
Small Business Committee
Feb 16 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce

Mission: To help the small business members of The Chamber become and remain successful. If you are interested in serving on the Small Business Committee, please contact the Chamber at 828-692-1413

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
Nominations are Now Being Accepted for the 15th Annual ATHENA of Henderson County Award
Feb 16 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
online

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The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Pardee UNC Health Care, Optimum/Morris Broadband, and Judy Stroud/State Farm Insurance are pleased to announce the 15th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award in Henderson County in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz. Nominations are now being accepted for the ATHENA Leadership Award, which will be presented at the Professional Women’s Luncheon in May to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way, and, most importantly, actively assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential.

Founded over 30 years ago, ATHENA International is a women’s leadership organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through the programs it administers. ATHENA’s flagship program, the ATHENA Leadership Award Program, has honored over 6000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries since its inception in 1982.

Vanessa Y. Mintz brought the ATHENA award to Henderson County in 2008 and she embodied the values underlying ATHENA Vanessas Vision

International’s philosophy of incorporating the talent and expertise of women into the leadership of our businesses, our communities, and our government. Reflective of a quote attributed to Plato, “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there”, the ATHENA Leadership Award honors and illuminates the leaders and leadership styles of individuals others would emulate.

The program is facilitated locally by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, a licensed ATHENA host organization. Nominations are sought throughout the community. Recipients are selected by a diverse group of out-of-town professional judges, based on Athena leadership criteria.

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients hail from all professional sectors. The award’s rich history, international scope, and emphasis on mentorship make this award unique and amongst the most prestigious leadership awards one can receive. Past Henderson County ATHENA Recipients Include:

Kathy Streeter Morgan (2021)

Barbara Volk, City of Hendersonville (2020)

Barb Morgan, Project Dignity of WNC (2019)

Lee Henderson Hill, Community Foundation of Henderson County (2018)

Roxanna Pepper, Children & Family Resource Center (2017)

Judy Stroud, State Farm Insurance (2016)

Judith Long, Free Clinics (2015)

Caroline Long, St. Gerard House (2014)

Annie Fritschner, First United Methodist Church (2013)

Myra Grant, Pardee Hospital Foundation (2012)

Joyce Mason, Four Seasons Compassion for Life (2011)

Pat Shepherd, Pat’s School of Dance (2010)

Ragan Ward, Carolina Alliance Bank (2009)

Robin Reed, Bares It All (2008)

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients are presented a hand-cast, bronzed and crystal sculpture that symbolizes the strength, courage, and wisdom of ATHENA Recipients.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
BE A BADASS OWN YOUR LIFE + OWN THE ROOM
Feb 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
online
BE A BADASS OWN YOUR LIFE & OWN THE ROOM

PLEASE NOTE: THIS is an online event. You will need to register at this link here to get your zoom link sent to you via email.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvd-ivrTMuGNA4IhX6Eh4-jeT0EdODbbqB

Join Glenda Benevides Music & Global Badass Goddess for a conversation around empowering your life, performance live and behind the camera, unique self-expression and feeling confidence everywhere.

Founder of Global Badass Goddess, award-winning musical artist/songwriter, video podcast Global Badass Goddess, Glenda Benevides Music, and the author of Courage, Find The Fire and Ignite Action. She’s a seasoned entertainer of more than 30 years, which has launched an empowering artist workshop, private mentoring filled with hands-on breakthroughs to step into your unique powerful self-expression. Her extensive touring includes Asia, EU and the US with 6 albums and songwriting under her belt, she is now offering this exclusive one-on-one opportunity for you.

WHO IS THIS FOR
All Artistic people who want to express their self and talent effectively and move into the next level of their career, or life with Clarity, Courage, Confidence and Full Self- Expression. This allows for your core authenticity to embrace a greater success for, live and live stream performances or igniting your full self-expression in the studio or public speaking, interviews or just express to the ones you love more effectively.

Questions like…

Are you resonating inside your own frequency not someone else’s?
How do I embrace my Fearless originality & speak your truth?
Does performance anxiety stop you from having your best performance?
How to maintain boundaries with others and maintain love?
Are you ready to live a life fully self-expressed in all areas of your life?

Please join us now in this event to experience the opportunities and the good feeling that comes from being you and fully self-expressed, create expansiveness for our business, our communities and our lives.

See you there!

Hosted and presented by:
Glenda Benevides – Globalbadassgoddess.com

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Categories: Business and Networking
How to Start Selling Your Ag Products on Shopify
Feb 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

No cost due to sponsor support

Shopify is an e-commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell products. It is now the leading e-commerce platform designed for all sized businesses. If you sell online, on social media, in store, or out of the trunk of your car, Shopify has you covered in each situation. So whether you’re opening a new online store or are interested in using Shopify as your e-commerce platform, you can find out more information about your options in this session.

Speaker(s): TenBiz

Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce

Webinar info will be sent after registration

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Categories: Business and Networking Education
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Nominations are Now Being Accepted for the 15th Annual ATHENA of Henderson County Award
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
online

Vanessa Mintz 0507

The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Pardee UNC Health Care, Optimum/Morris Broadband, and Judy Stroud/State Farm Insurance are pleased to announce the 15th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award in Henderson County in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz. Nominations are now being accepted for the ATHENA Leadership Award, which will be presented at the Professional Women’s Luncheon in May to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way, and, most importantly, actively assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential.

Founded over 30 years ago, ATHENA International is a women’s leadership organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through the programs it administers. ATHENA’s flagship program, the ATHENA Leadership Award Program, has honored over 6000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries since its inception in 1982.

Vanessa Y. Mintz brought the ATHENA award to Henderson County in 2008 and she embodied the values underlying ATHENA Vanessas Vision

International’s philosophy of incorporating the talent and expertise of women into the leadership of our businesses, our communities, and our government. Reflective of a quote attributed to Plato, “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there”, the ATHENA Leadership Award honors and illuminates the leaders and leadership styles of individuals others would emulate.

The program is facilitated locally by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, a licensed ATHENA host organization. Nominations are sought throughout the community. Recipients are selected by a diverse group of out-of-town professional judges, based on Athena leadership criteria.

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients hail from all professional sectors. The award’s rich history, international scope, and emphasis on mentorship make this award unique and amongst the most prestigious leadership awards one can receive. Past Henderson County ATHENA Recipients Include:

Kathy Streeter Morgan (2021)

Barbara Volk, City of Hendersonville (2020)

Barb Morgan, Project Dignity of WNC (2019)

Lee Henderson Hill, Community Foundation of Henderson County (2018)

Roxanna Pepper, Children & Family Resource Center (2017)

Judy Stroud, State Farm Insurance (2016)

Judith Long, Free Clinics (2015)

Caroline Long, St. Gerard House (2014)

Annie Fritschner, First United Methodist Church (2013)

Myra Grant, Pardee Hospital Foundation (2012)

Joyce Mason, Four Seasons Compassion for Life (2011)

Pat Shepherd, Pat’s School of Dance (2010)

Ragan Ward, Carolina Alliance Bank (2009)

Robin Reed, Bares It All (2008)

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients are presented a hand-cast, bronzed and crystal sculpture that symbolizes the strength, courage, and wisdom of ATHENA Recipients.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
Beyond the Burnout: How to Create a Career and Life You Love with Creativity
Feb 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Focal Point Coworking

Beyond the Burnout:How to Create a Career and Life You Love with Creativity

Most of us have days when we feel helpless, overloaded, or unappreciated. But what does it mean when we have more of those days than not?

In our November Biz and Bites we will explore burnout. What is burnout and how to identify common causes. We will discover ways to heal and deal with burnout and develop a plan of action to work through burnout.

After spending 10 years in the corporate, tech world and leading a global Customer Service team for one of the largest coworking spaces (WeWork), Erica found herself burnt out. For years, she climbed the ladder and achieved “success” but still felt empty. She valued her worth based on her work and no matter how many achievements she had, she was not fulfilled. In 2019, she took a leap of faith and quit her job, knowing she wanted to be in the holistic health / wellness space. This led her to earn a certification in life coaching and identify herself as a Burnout Coach. She now helps high-achieving, creative professionals activate their values and more deeply align their purpose with their career and beyond.

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Categories: Business and Networking
Crypto + Blockchain 101
Feb 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Mojo Coworking Asheville
Crypto & Blockchain 101

2021 was the year cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects exploded into the mainstream. From Bitcoin and Dogecoin to Bored Apes and Burger King, the world of web3 seemed to spill over from internet forums to everyday life.

In this session, you can learn the basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs & DAOs and how they are impacting our economy, culture, and way of doing business.

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Categories: Business and Networking Community
How to Find Your Customers Using Social Media
Feb 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
online

No cost due to sponsor support

Customers are the key to building a successful business and your online reputation is crucial for finding customers. This fast paced class teaches you where and how to find your customers. In this class you will learn how to get a free Online Reputation report. Learn which SEO keywords your competitors are using for free. We will briefly compare the more current methods of social media marketing. You will quickly learn how to find, motivate, and keep consumers coming to your business. Discover the variety of Free market research tools that will give you critical information about your industry and customers.

  • Facebook Giveaways
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook Boosts
  • Facebook Marketplace
  • Pinterest
  • Youtube
  • Facebook Yard Sales
  • Survey Monkey
  • Instagram

Speaker(s): Nick Hawks

Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce

Webinar info forthcoming

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Categories: Business and Networking Education