Oct 28, 2021 | Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink
Michael Goss is the co-owner of Sirianni’s Cafe, located in Davis, West Virginia, a landmark dining experience in the tourism capital of the state. Sirianni’s pizza has fed hundreds of thousands of hungry skiing and hiking families and enthusiasts over...
Oct 21, 2021 | Entrepreneurs, Non-Profits
Crystal Mersh, a Calhoun County native and founder of Quality Executive Partners (QXP), has returned home to start The 1982 Foundation. The foundation purchased the historic Calhoun County High School building with a vision to convert the grounds into a mixed-used...
Oct 14, 2021 | Art, Entrepreneurs
Owned and operated by Megan Brown, The Pretty Pickle’s pressed botanicals have become a household staple throughout the North Central Region of West Virginia. A longtime educator, Brown set her hand to the plow in 2010 after being named a Tamarack Artisan for...
Oct 7, 2021 | Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink
Quantum Bean Coffee is from humble stock, beginning its life out of the back of Samuel Bonasso’s small apartment. Today, the small cafe and roastery is widely recognized as a member of Mountaineer Country’s upper echelon of specialty coffee shops. Bonasso...
Sep 30, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Matthew Byrd, a native of West Virginia, has always held a fascination with wildlife, the outdoors and his home state. A graduate of WVU with a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resource Management, Byrd now operates 15 beehives throughout Ritchie County. Byrd’s...
Sep 23, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Evans Knob Farm is owned and operated by Kathy and Reid Evans, fourth-generation farmers of the Evans’ family farm, who took ownership of the property in 1994. After employment cuts made by IBM in 2002, Reid was let go by the company. It was then that Kathy...
