The Athens News - Accent on Business http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/articles.sec-10008-1-accent-on-business.html <![CDATA[NBIA helps biz incubators help others]]> The National Business Incubation Association's (NBIA) headquarters have been in Athens for almost 25 years, yet many residents aren't aware of the nonprofit's presence or purpose.

The organization, located on East Circle Drive, provides business professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources in the process of assisting early-stage companies, according to the NBIA website.

]]> <![CDATA[Innovation Center continues success story]]> Some 20 new businesses are currently in the making at the Innovation Center, a technology incubation center located on West State Street in Athens.]]> <![CDATA[Local chambers, uptown group use power of organization to benefit their members]]>

When it comes to businesses helping businesses, the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce stands out as an invaluable resource for over 400 local shops of all types and stripes.

In Athens, an offshoot of the chamber is the Athens Uptown Business Association, which meets once a month and works to address the concerns, wants and needs of all of the uptown businesses.

]]> <![CDATA[Variety of local businesses thrive thanks to ACEnet]]>

If you know only a little bit about the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, commonly known as ACEnet, you may associate it mainly with the incubation of food-related businesses.

But while ACEnet's Food Ventures Center on Columbus Road which provides a shared, FDA-approved production facility used currently by 108 local food businesses is a big part of the organization, it's not all of it by any means.

]]> <![CDATA[Want to start or expand a business in Athens Co.? Contact the Economic Development Council]]>

New businesses and current businesses looking to start or expand in Athens County should take their first step by visiting the Athens County Economic Development Council in the Innovation Center on West State Street.

]]> <![CDATA[New owner hopes to continue and expand on bookstore’s reputation]]> Jean Stephens, the new owner of Athens' only independent bookstore, admitted Friday that she's got a few changes planned.]]> <![CDATA[With expanded grocery, eating options growing on Stimson]]> When Libby Markham and her husband bought what was then called the Market Uptown, a small grocery on Stimson Avenue, in July 2008, the store was still in operation, but not what one might call thriving.]]> <![CDATA[OU’s Dining Services upgrades services while using local produce]]> Ohio University Dining Services soon will begin the second phase of a project that aims to make its food more consistent across campus and utilize more local farmers as suppliers of ingredients in dining hall chow.]]> <![CDATA[Health-care firm offers choices for area’s low-income residents]]> In the first celebration of National Health Center Week since the enactment of the landmark federal health-care reform legislation earlier this year, Family Healthcare Inc. offered an open house and tours of its The Plains facility on Aug. 11.]]> <![CDATA[Small dairy says it thrives by offering better, healthier milk]]> Five years ago Warren Taylor set out to prove a point to the corporate dairy industry - that he could build his own local, sustainable dairy that produces milk the way it used to be, the freshest and healthiest milk on the shelf. And Taylor has done nothing less.]]> <![CDATA[From home-based to Union Street, business flourishes during recession]]> In the midst of The Great Recession, it's hard to imagine that some homegrown businesses are able to flourish, especially ones in perennially struggling areas such as Appalachia Ohio.]]>