Hi friends,

The March issue is here, and it's one that captures the true spirit of Capital at Play. It's an issue that exemplifies the ways in which entrepreneurship spans age and experience levels but is united by a common passionate tenacity. Our two featured capitalists, Emma Allen of Everyday Oil and Eric Scheffer of Vinnie's and Jettie Rae's, bring totally different backgrounds to business but have both found success through an ardent belief in their product. 

If this sounds like a future you'd like to manifest, then check out our Guide to Buying & Selling Small Businesses. 📈 We shared the perspectives of local experts (and a few folks who have done it themselves) to help you understand the how-tos of buying or selling a biz. 

And for the rest of us—and in celebration of a most-deserved spring—there's our Leisure & Libation, "Home Grown Roots," which shares the expertise of local homesteaders to help you start your own garden this month.  🥬

Till next week,

• Featured Capitalist | The World Is His Oyster: Eric Scheffer of Vinnie's & Jettie Rae's 🦪  At first glance, developing skills in prestidigitation, making music videos, and running an advertising agency might not register as useful steps on a path toward becoming a successful restaurateur—but the life and career of Eric Scheffer provide strong evidence that they are. Continue Reading
• Featured Capitalist | Not So Everyday Oil: Emma Allen of Everyday Oil 🧴 In a sea of millennial hustle, Emma Allen stands apart. Radiant skin glowing from underneath a surgical mask, Allen is totally at home in her office. She talks about her former life in New York, sorting through piles of other people’s unwanted clothing, looking for gems. Continue Reading
• Local Industry | Thinking Big, Buying Small: A Guide to Selling and Buying a Small Business in Western North Carolina 📊 Many people dream of owning a small business, and while starting from scratch is often a viable means of achieving that goal, there exists another option: buying an existing business. Doing so has obvious advantages. Continue Reading 
• Leisure & Libation | Home Grown Roots: Local Experts Share Tips for Beginning Your Garden 👩🏼‍🌾 In 2016, Jason and Lorraine quit their jobs and moved to a rural cove of Buncombe County to produce nearly all of their own fruits and vegetables. On a typical day, Jason shovels compost and wrangles ducks while Lorraine and their nine-year-old daughter, Penelope, pick cucumbers and cube root vegetables. Continue Reading

JOBS

• Capital at Play 📖 is looking for a Part-time/Full-time Salesperson.
• The United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County is looking for a Finance Manager, Community School Coordinator at Asheville High/SILSA, and a Community School Coordinator at North Buncombe Middle School. ✏️
• JB Media Group is looking for a Content Marketing Strategist.

• Bounty & Soul 🥕 is looking for a Development Director.

• Western Carolina Treatment Center is looking for an Addictions Counselor.
• The Adventure Center of Asheville is looking for a Treetops Adventure Park Ranger. 🌳

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• BorgWarner announced plans to invest $62.25 million in its Arden operations, sustaining the existing workforce and bringing additional high-wage jobs from other BorgWarner locations. 
• Dominion Energy donated $5K to support the ABCCM Safe & Warm program, which helps Buncombe Co. elderly, veterans, and families with children in need of heating assistance. 🧣 Learn more. 
• Gaia Herbs is now the exclusive U.S. distributor of the German company SALUS Haus' (Salus) line of herbal products and dietary supplements, marketed under the name Floradix. 💊 Learn more. 
• The French Broad Adventures (FBA) zipline canopy tour in Marshall is the first-ever operation to be accredited by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), an international trade association dedicated to standards in the aerial adventure industry. Learn more.
• The 2nd Annual Business Leadership Series for members of the YPA will focus on Leaning into the Modern Workplace with a four-part monthly series featuring WCU experts. 👨🏽‍💼 
• The Asheville Downtown Association (ADA) is offering complimentary one-year memberships to businesses located within Asheville’s downtown during March. Email them to determine if your biz is eligible. 
• American Airlines announced new nonstop flights from Asheville to Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. beginning in June. ✈️ Learn more.
• Four Seasons Home Care received the distinguished 2021 Best of Home Care: Leader in Excellence Award from Home Care Pulse, the leading firm in quality assurance for home care. 🧑🏻‍⚕️ Learn more. 
• The Safe Passage Fund Coalition recently launched Safe Passage: The I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project, a collaborative effort to collect data, plan, and help implement wildlife crossings along a 28-mile stretch of highway in WNC and Eastern TN. 🦝  Learn more. 

🧐  Philosophy Lectures | UNCA will host a series of Zoom events, Philosophy for Hard Times: A Lens for Contemporary Issues and Events, beginning with “Coping with Epistemic Trauma” on Fri. March 5 at 3:30 p.m.

💡 Art from Outside | Asheville-based artist Cilla Vee presents Angel of Light, a durational performance in the Asheville Art Museum’s oculus window, viewable outdoors from the plaza and beyond on Tue. March 9, 7–8 p.m. 

🧵 Help for Handmade Businesses | Making it in Asheville and Ware's Gillie Roberts will host a live virtual course for handmade businesses in the WNC area, helping them learn how to level-up their business, Tue. March 9,  9–10:30 a.m. and 7–8:30 p.m.

🥓  Here's the Meat | Hickory Nut Gap is hosting a 1-week only case sale March 1–8, 2021. Save up to 25% when you stock up on items like grassfed ground beef and pasture-raised bacon.

💰  Financial Planning | SCORE Asheville will host Financial Planning for Starting a Business via Zoom on March 6 at 10 a.m.