This monthly event is co-sponsored with Blue Ridge Community College’s Small Business Center, the City of Hendersonville Main Street program, and the Hendersonville Merchants & Business Association features several speakers on timely community events and issues affecting our business community. This month’s program consist of guest from: TBD Our August monthly host is Edward Jones – David Maupin

Join us for a special Business Before Hours next Wednesday, August 9 from 8 – 9 a.m. at the WNC Farmers Market – the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environ
ment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

The Market is excited to welcome guests to their newly renovated Market Shop C shops, ideal for local agribusiness and value add businesses looking for a storefront they can sell both retail and wholesale and connect with existing customers at the WNC Farmers Market.

Come hungry to enjoy the best southern biscuits and breakfast in town from the Moose Cafe, which is celebrating 30 years at the WNC Farmers Market. There will be plenty of parking and hope to have a tram to take gust on a tour and possibly to the WNC FoodWorks kitchen.

This event is offered as a benefit for Chamber membership and no registration is necessary. If you’re considering Chamber membership and would like to attend this event we welcome you to come and check us out! Please contact Jessica Kanupp, our Membership Development Specialist, at [email protected]

The YPHC’s Monthly Social offers a chance for those professionals under 40 to meet through a laid-back networking opportunity. Months will rotate with guest speakers and professional development opportunities as well. Join us each month on the 2nd Wednesday from 5:00 – 6:00 pm at Dry Falls Brewing Co. *Participation is limited to those under 40* A big thanks to AdventHealth Hendersonville and Spectrum Reach for presenting this program for the 2023 year!

Enjoy a more productive day by meeting prospective customers at the start of your day. You may find a strong referral source, a new vendor, the perfect client, or simply get a foot in the door for connecting again later at another Chamber event. AM Power Hour is great if you are an early-bird or can’t make our after-hours networking events. Thank you to We Sell WNC, for being a Presenting Sponsor of the 2023 AM Power Hours!

Looking for some great books to add to your to-be-read shelf? How about doing some early holiday shopping? The Friends of the Black Mountain Library has you covered! Spend the day in beautiful Black Mountain and visit the Friends of the Library Book Sale in the Black Mountain Library Community Room (105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain, NC 28711) from 10-1 on Saturday, August 12. We have a great selection of adult, large print, young adult and children’s books, puzzles, DVDs and much more. And our prices are unbeatable! A bag of adult books of your choice is $5.00, while children’s books are 2 for $1.00. If you’re a member of the Friends of the Black Mountain Library you can enjoy early bird shopping at 9:30.

Can’t make it to the Book Sale on August 12? The Friends of the Library operates an in-library permanent store open during regular library hours. You can also shop online for special finds, antique, collectible, and vintage books at our two Etsy shops:

Black Mountain Reads (https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackMountainReads?ref=shop_sugg)

FOL Black Mountain
(https://www.etsy.com/shop/FOLBlackMountain?ref=shop_sugg)

Dress Code: Black Tie & Black Formalwear

Join us for:

Gourmet Dinner

Drinks

Live Music

Entertainment

Exclusive Booking Opportunity

Local pottery artists are firing their kilns for the sixth year to help
hungry children in the greater Flat Rock area.  On Sunday, August 13, 2023, “Empty Bowls,”
a community meal benefiting the Flat Rock Backpack Program, will take place inside the
Parish Hall at the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Highway.

Advance tickets are recommended for the two seatings: 12:30pm-2:00pm and 5:00pm-
6:30pm. Each ticket includes one hand-crafted bowl (all donated by area potters) and a soup-
based meal (a variety of soups, breads and desserts). For those wishing to eat at home, take-
away is an available option.
Tickets are $25 per person or $50 for a family of two adults and children under 12. They are
available at St. John in the Wilderness Parish House Office, from Backpack team members or
at the door on the day of the event. For more information, call 828-693-9783. Credit cards are
accepted; checks should be made out to SJIW, noting Empty Bowls.
Please join us for this fun community event. Donations are gratefully accepted throughout the
year.  The Flat Rock Backpack Program has 501c-3 status. 100% of the money collected goes
to feeding the children.

Empty Bowls fundraiser: Seatings at 12:30 and 5 p.m., Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Ticket includes hand crafted bowl and soup based meal. $25, $50 for family of 2 adults and children under 12.Fundraiser for Flat Rock Backpack Program.

• Debra Campbell, City Manager, City of Asheville
• Jessica Hendrix or Beth Lane, Board Members, Asheville Downtown Association

All breakfasts will take place at the Crowne Plaza Expo Center. Doors open at 7:45. Breakfast and networking from 8:00 – 8:30. Program begins at 8:30 and ends at 9:45. Individual event tickets are $25, or you may purchase series tickets (all three events) for $70.

Table sponsorships are available! Individual event table sponsorships are $350, or you may purchase a series table sponsorship for $1000. Each table seats eight people. Table sponsors are recognized on all event materials and from the podium during the event.

For more information or to talk about any of these events, please email [email protected] or call 828-255-7102

Come join the Chamber for Business After Hours at Franny’s Farmacy!

Tuesday August 15th from 5:30pm to 7pm come join Franny’s Farmacy and Asheville Chamber of Commerce at 211 Merrimon Ave Asheville Suite #111 for Business After Hours! You are in for a treat as you take a tour through Franny’s Farmacy premium CBD brand and vision where Hemp and Health Merge. High Vibes, building businesses, creating invaluable community connections and having Fun while doing it! We will be enjoying music, fresh mocktails with options of CBD infusions, our bud bar, chances to win amazing door prizes and more! Top and bottom patios will be open!

We will have parking in our main lot and a big thank you to the other local businesses for opening up their lots to us:

Brown Haven Homes Parking Lot – 219 Merrimon Ave Suite #111

Across the Street from Franny’s Sachi Spa – 210 Merrimon Ave, Asheville

Across the Street Monitto Chiropractic – 206 Merrimon Ave, Asheville

Extra Parking available in the Enmarket Gas station on the curb closest to Franny’s, not blocking any pumps of air meter.

This event is offered as a benefit for Chamber membership. We welcome you to come and check us out! Please contact Jessica Kanupp, our Member Development Specialist, at [email protected] if you’re considering a Chamber membership.

Locally owned and operated Physical Therapy Practice, Physio Physical Therapy and Wellness has been steadily growing in the last few years, including opening a second location in West Asheville. A four-time Sky High Growth Award winner, Physio focuses on providing excellent customer service and has been voted the Best Physical Therapy Clinic in Asheville for 10 consecutive years.

Grand Opening celebration for the West Asheville office. They will have drinks, snacks and fingerfoods. Giveaways and a raffle will also take place.

Every business wants new customers, but networking often takes a lot of time. Whether you’re a small one-man shop or a corporate giant, one of the challenges facing all businesses is continually acquiring new clients or reaching new markets with their goods and services. What if you could get a weekly review of local business happenings from 20+ professionals during a casual one-hour meeting? Guess what? YOU CAN!        The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce offers three Leads Groups and now is your chance to see what these groups have to offer you and your business! Join us for this joint networking event and see if your industry is represented. Find out from participating members that have been there from the start, all the benefits from increasing your sales efforts to developing personal friendships.

THRIVE | Coworking provides a purpose-driven, socially engaged environment for freelancers, entrepreneurs and enterprises of all sizes, combining design-forward style and thoughtful amenities with philanthropy and community involvement. It’s a remote workspace for the contemporary, hybrid workforce set in vibrant, walkable neighborhoods and offering a curated culture that features scheduled events, 24/7/365 access, and monthly catered breakfasts, lunches and happy hours. Members have access to all THRIVE locations around the Southeast and Midwest, as well as workspaces around the country and internationally through reciprocal use of LExC coworking spaces. And THRIVE is on track to open 500 locations throughout North America in the next five years.

THRIVE | Coworking, a stylish, community-focused workspace for freelancers, entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes, is celebrating its Grove Arcade Grand Opening! Join in the festivities on August 17th — there will be plenty of food, catered by Huli Sue’s, as well as drinks, including the Grove Tonic, a cocktail created just for THRIVE’s opening in honor of Grove Arcade Founder E.W. Grove and his namesake “Chill Tonic.” You will also be able to tour the space and get a first-hand peek at this hybrid-work operation, which features private offices as well as shared workspaces, and have the opportunity to win some great prizes, too. We are also running a special deal for attendees on membership! THRIVE offers a curated workplace experience for a healthier work/life balance, featuring monthly events and networking opportunities, including monthly catered breakfasts, lunches and happy hours. Come check it out! If you’re tired of a long commute or working from a cramped kitchen table … this is your working solution.

The event is located in suite 280 on the 2nd floor of the Grove Arcade. The elevators are located at the center of the building. Parking is limited to around the Grove Arcade + nearby streets.

TODAY, Tuesday, August 22nd 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Optimize Your Cash Flow and Cash Management – presented by US Bank

As a business owner your unique vision and passion drives you to set goals to succeed. To fuel your business goals, it’s important to manage your business cash flow.

In this webinar, a panel of experts including a small business specialist and a CPA will share an industry perspective on how to help organizations optimize and improve cash flow and cash management.

In today’s ever-changing marketplace it is a challenge to find the right messaging, branding, and marketing strategy to connect with your target customer.

With the variety of digital marketing options available, it can be confusing to determine which will work the best for your business.

Items to be discussed:

• Clarifying your company’s key message to customers and prospects
• Know exactly what your customer thinks about your brand.
• Discovering what makes you better than the competition to own that market segment.
• Presenting the experience that converts prospects to customers.
• Developing effective lead generation campaigns.
• Social media & content strategies to make you a

  thought leader.

• Plus, many FREE, simple, downloadable resources

  you can use immediately in your business.

Come meet the region’s government leadership at our 2023 Elected Officials Reception on Thursday, August 24 hosted in the Visitor Center lobby!

Each year, the Chamber brings together the mayors of the region and members of the Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners to meet and network with Western North Carolina’s business community. Local elected officials from Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties attend.

This event is FREE to attend. There is no need to register. We encourage guests to wear their business name badges!

Your Chance to Build Great Connections – You Don’t Want to Miss This Event! Business After Hours is the Chamber’s premier networking event and the best chance for your to make valuable connections to build your business – all while having a great time! With fantastic food and beverages compliments of our host sponsor, and the chance to win great door prizes – this event is the best combination of business and fun! There is no cost to attend but registration is required. August is hosted by Saint Paul Vineyard’s Appalachian Ridge! We’ll have tastings of their cider that just won 1st Place Governor’s Cup!

Mark your calendar for Pardee Hospital Foundation’s first-ever Casino Night,

featuring casino games with live dealers, musical entertainment, delicious food

and locally sourced beer and wine on August 25 at Burntshirt Vineyards. Proceeds from this special event will support UNC Health Pardee’s growing cardiology program.

A limited number of tickets will be available. Don’t miss the fun! Buy your ticket today.

You or your business can also become part of the action by sponsoring one of our game tables or food and beverage tables, or by serving as our prestigious “High Roller” presenting sponsor! Benefits are numerous and include recognition on the Pardee Hospital Foundation website, in media leading up to the event, and in the event program.

Join us at the historic Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain, NC on Saturday, August 26, as the Friends of the Black Mountain Library embarks on a new adventure. We will be participating as a vendor at the Swannanoa Valley Museum Antique Sale! The sale is the first of its kind for our Museum and we are proud to be a part of it. We will be selling vintage and antique books that have been donated to the FOL over the last few years, including vintage multi-volume sets like The Wit and Humor of America, a 10-volume set from 1890. Many first edition books will be offered, some signed by the author, and some hard to find books, like the 1968 paperback Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald. There are also yearbooks from Spartanburg colleges from the early 1930s. Everything is individually priced with several books priced at just $10.00. Mark your calendar to join us from 10 am -7 pm, Saturday, August 26.

The 2023 Chamber Classic Golf Tournament will be held on Tuesday, August 29, at The Omni Grove Park Inn.

This event is always a fun opportunity for members of the business community to connect with colleagues and enjoy a beautiful day out of the office.

This Captain’s Choice tournament begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 am (one flight only). Sponsors will engage golfers with fun interaction and branded prizes at select holes on the course.

Entry fee includes breakfast provided by Bojangles of WNC, a delicious, hearty lunch catered by Bear’s Smokehouse Asheville. Two beverage stations will be set up on the course, with beer provided by Highland Brewing Company and soft drinks from Pepsi-Cola.

Registration fee is $225 per individual or $900 for a team of four players.

Every great event needs volunteers!

Anyone interested in volunteering to help with this tournament may contact Judi Willard at [email protected]

Chamber Event Refund Policy:  The Chamber requires payment in advance for admission to all Chamber events, due to commitments to our vendors. Chamber event fees (regardless of attendance) are refundable only if a cancellation notice is received at least one week prior to the event.

Ribbon Cutting: Terra Bella Hendersonville

Archetype Brewing is proud to open a third location in the South Slope, offering an
elevated dining experience with world inspired cuisine. Enjoy food and cocktails with a
full bar alongside its complex and mindfully crafted Belgian & American inspired brews.
The open-concept space welcomes all individuals, with roll-up street facing doors, an
intimate mezzanine and a rooftop patio, all adorned in modern decor while highlighting
its historical attributes, dating back to the 1920’s.
The event is free to the public and will include music, food, drink specials, and a
giveaway! Come celebrate with drinks or food prior to the Tourists’ Industry Night
ballgame at McCormick Field. Bring your ticket in before or after the game to show your
server and receive 20% off any one full priced food item. We look forward to seeing you!
See the full MENU HERE: https://archetypebrewing.com/abk-food-menu/

Start-up Basics: This introductory workshop focuses on the basics of testing your business idea and identifying the key factors that influence start-up success.

Start-up Basics provides you with an overview of the skills and tools you need when deciding to start a business.

In this session, you learn about: the advantages and disadvantages of owning a business, the most profitable form for your business, and the fundamentals of formation, organization, marketing, cash flow and funding sources.