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Founder of KimbroAscent, LLC. Apollos helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses by transforming their websites into web magnets that attract customers. His work includes consulting, private coaching, web design, sales funnel marketing, and lead generation strategies. 

02-04-2025

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Wade Rogers has 30 years of experience in accounting and finance. A Certified Public Accountant (NC Certificate #33206), Wade is a graduate of Florida State University (Bachelor’s in Accounting) and the University of Illinois (Master’s in Accounting). Wade started his career in the Chicago office of Price Waterhouse, where he was ultimately promoted to audit manager, until moving to management controller positions in the US and France with Pechiney, a multinational aluminum and packaging corporation. 

Transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Wade has worked as the controller of the New York-based Samuel H. Kress Foundation, as well as for multiple Asheville nonprofits – both as staff and contractor – including Neighborhood Housing Services and OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling. Since 2016, he has continued to work with the nonprofit sector as a consultant, both independently and with WNC Nonprofit Pathways, and as an instructor in the Duke University Nonprofit Management Program. 

He also served as Board Treasurer for Arts for Life, an Asheville-based organization dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and families through arts education and engagement.

02-04-2025

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Maranatha Farms is a church-supported, non profit community garden. Their goal is to educate and provide organically grown vegetables to the surrounding Greenville, S.C community. They believe that healthy and affordable food is a God-given right. They aspire to support this right through teaching individuals to grow nutritious vegetables and cook delicious meals for themselves.

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02-04-2025

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Irene 'Jenny' Pickens is a self taught artist from Asheville, NC. Her love for art began at a young age when she would find random forms to draw. As she grew older, she experimented with different mediums, including pencil, pen and ink, pastels, oils, and acrylic. Her passion has always been in acrylic painting on canvas. Jenny was involved in the installation of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) mural in downtown Asheville, where she was the lead artist for the word Lives. Additionally in 2020, Jenny was commissioned by Rae Geoffrey, managing director of the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, to design and paint a mural for the center’s new courtyard.

Check out Jenny’s site for her amazing artwork https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jenny-pickens 

02-04-2025

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From Yvette:

Hi, I'm Yvette Freeman, owner of Red Angle Photography for the last five years and The ENVOY Magazine which just launched in 2021. The ENVOY is a new publication designed to celebrate and promote the products, services, and talent of minority and women entrepreneurs, businesses, and creative artists throughout the U.S.

The ENVOY publishes three times a year in March, July, and October, and

1) features entrepreneurs, business owners, community members, and artists providing them a platform to talk about their businesses, services, products, and/or talents

2) showcases the talents of creative artists, such as photographers, painters, writers, etc.

3) shares actionable tips and advice on how to start a business, and/or grow your existing business

4) provides a Business Directory of participating minority and women-owned businesses throughout the U.S.

5) provides low-cost advertising rates to allow small businesses the opportunity to reach their target audiences

For more information visit http://www.theenvoyguide.com/

02-04-2025

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Tor was born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC.  Tor has overcome many obstacles in her life including being raised in low income housing and a single parent home. She knew at a young age that she could not allow her circumstances to determine her future. Tor’s experience with adversity led her on a path to discuss issues surrounding mental health awareness in the black community.

While Tor seemingly “has it all together” on the surface, she has battled mental illness privately. Being fearful of her family’s reaction and opinions, she has always kept her struggle with anxiety and depression hidden, until now. After experiencing, firsthand, what it was like to battle depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation alone she has made it her life’s mission to normalize the conversation surrounding mental health and empower others to use their voice to tell their story.

In her publication, The Art of Being Self-ish, Tor hopes to help individuals like her become unstuck by teaching how to rediscover, understand, and accept who you are in order to live in your truth. No longer will “self” be defined by others.

Click this link to learn more and obtain the publication
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Being-Self-ish-Discovering-Understanding/dp/B0851MXHXZ

02-04-2025

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Spillway Bridge & Co is Downtown Marion's premier gathering place for outstanding live music, meeting of old and new friends, and a great selection of brews and top shelf spirits. Rossi Martin was born and raised in Marion, NC and after retiring from a long successful career with FedEx he relocated back home to Marion and opened up Spillway Bridge & Co. 

Spillway Bridge & Co.

Address: 93 S Main St, Marion, NC 28752

Phone: (828) 460-8145

02-04-2025

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From Andre:

"I am a lifestyle and commercial photographer born and raised in  Asheville, NC. I have studied and followed many of the amazing photographers in NC, but I am mostly self-taught. I have always loved photography, but photography in Western NC is unlike anywhere in NC. With access to the amazing Blue Ridge Parkway nearby - waterfalls, mountain ranges, and wildlife are a short drive away.

Photography is not only an adventure, but also a journey of self-discovery for me. I love to share my explorations with those who love the mountains – once you see the sun come up over these majestic mountains, you’ll be hooked forever."

For more information, visit https://pro16productions.com/

02-04-2025

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Veronica's Mom Sits In On The Show!

02-04-2025

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Jackie Latek is the Executive Director of the SPARC Foundation. She has twenty years of leadership experience in community mental health and non-profit organizations. Since 2013, Jackie has grown the SPARC Foundation from an operation of three staff focused on one service to an organization with an operating budget of $1.5 million partnering with criminal justice services, domestic violence prevention initiatives and the department of social services. SPARC’s mission is to ignite connections to education, employment and mentorship to strengthen the well-being and personal freedom of people and families in need. These services are provided to individuals and families in their home community to prevent institutional care such as incarceration, foster care, or other high end residential services. SPARC currently offers the following services:  intensive case management to individuals returning from incarceration to support with obtaining employment and overcoming numerous barriers to integrating back to the community; a focus on safety of domestic violence survivors by providing offender services aimed at education and behavior change; and Family Centered Treatment to children and families at risk of disruption or in need of reunification. Due to her experience and services developed, Jackie participates in county leadership commissions focused on violence reduction and community healing. 

As Chief Operating Officer for six years prior, Jackie was responsible for the management, service delivery, customer relations, financial projections, programmatic goals and program certifications for an agency that became known as the premier child mental health provider for nine counties in Western North Carolina, with an operating budget of nine million dollars. 

Early career highlights include volunteer work in Angola, Africa through Catholic Relief Services where she taught English as a second language as well as completed grant reports for hospital projects. Maintaining flexibility and a positive attitude in an oppressive and war-ravaged environment informs her work for American families living in over-burdened, under-resourced and often violent communities.

Jackie is a certified trainer in the Community Resiliency Model and has completed WNC Pathways Non-Profit Leadership program. As the adoptive parent of three children who spent their early lives in foster care, Jackie has a well-rounded perspective of the challenges children and families face in the foster care system.

For more information or to connect with the SPARC Foundation visit https://thesparcfoundation.org/

02-04-2025