Author: Calvin Penn

September’s installment of the Local First Lexington’s Coffee Meet-Up series will be held at Third Street Stuff. Our topic is Local Government Resources for Your Business. Our local experts this month are Todd Slatin and Ashton Potter Wright, DrPH, from Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.   Todd Slatin is the Director of Central Purchasing for the city of Lexington. He will offer is knowledge and experience working with local independent businesses on behalf of the city. Ashton Potter Wright, DrPH, is the Director of Local Food and Agricultural Development for the city of Lexington, as well as manages and provides operational...

August’s installment of the Local First Lexington’s Coffee Meet-Up series will be held at Manchester Coffee Co. Our topic is Building Strategic Partnerships to Grow Your Business. Our local expert this month is Ashley C. Smith, Co-Founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature.   Ashley has been involved with a number of organizations and businesses in the Lexington community, including NetGain Technologies, the Lyric Theater & Cultural Arts Center, CRAVE food + music festival, Fayette Alliance, Southern Foodways Alliance, Visit LEX, the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange, and The Art Of The Rural. Let’s talk about ways to build partnerships with...