Austin’s Homemade Ice Cream is a family-owned, homemade ice cream shop in Ceredo, West Virginia. Austin’s at The Market is their second location owned by Taylor Strickland and Tim Ruff, the grandchildren of Joyce Snyder, who ran the original Austin’s for 35 years. Austin’s originated in 1947, and Joyce took it over in 1983. […]

  Jonathan Gladysz is the owner of Koin Coffee, a coffee shop and roastery in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Since 2019, Koin Coffee has been passionate about showing its customers what coffee can be. It’s not just something to wake you up; it’s something that can be very special. Their primary focus is to bring the […]

  Karen Ford is a Master Financial Coach, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur and Author who has coached people with various money issues: from just $500 in debt to $800,000 in debt. She has coached folks with up to 86 credit cards and taught them how to pay down and pay off those cards in record time. […]

  Mark Oliverio is the owner of Oliverio Peppers in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Oliverio Peppers was founded in 1972 by Mark’s father, Frank Oliverio. For the first four years, Frank ran the business from his mother’s basement. Eventually, he realized that if he wanted to expand his business, he would need more space. So, in […]

  Since 1927, Gritt’s Farm has been a working farm in Buffalo, West Virginia. Beginning as a homestead farm with the first generation being Veto and Nally Gritt, The Farm has seen many different faces over the years. Their focus has always been providing high quality, locally grown products to the community through all of […]

    Adam and Beth Bedway are the co-owners of East Wheeling Clayworks. East Wheeling Clayworks is a working ceramic studio that offers wholesale and retail sales of their products. They also sell non-ceramic household items that they use and love and provide a platform for local artists to display their work. Every item Adam […]

  Amy McLaughlin is the managing partner of Lafayette Flats Boutique Vacation Rentals in West Virginia. In 2013, Amy and her husband, Shawn Means, lovingly remodeled the historic building that now houses Lafayette Flats. It sits directly across from the courthouse in downtown Fayetteville, WV. Together they created four modern vacation rentals inside one historic […]

  Donald Hitchcock and Paul Yandura are transplants from a very busy Washington, DC life. Donald has a background in public health policy, and Paul has a background in political science. They have been life partners for the past 23 years and built a vacation cabin in Lost River, WV, in 2008. Since then, they […]

  Terri Giles grew up in Hinton, West Virginia, and earned her bachelor’s degree from Concord University in Athens. She worked in economic development for U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller in Charleston and Washington, D.C. She was tapped to represent the Senator in Japan in high-level meetings with Toyota Manufacturing, which ultimately located one of the […]

  Carly Baker is the owner of Baker Cheese Company in Morgantown, West Virginia. She started her business in late 2019.  Baker Cheese Company is a gourmet grazing company that provides custom cheese and charcuterie boxes, boards and tables for any event. Whether it be a date night at home or a wedding, they have […]