Ground Up Gathering 2025

🌟 REGISTRATION OPEN for Ground Up Gathering 2025:
👉 bit.ly/3HzxoMZ 🌟

📣 Calling all community members, nonprofits, small businesses, state leaders, students—anyone looking to co-create solutions for Appalachian people, the places we call home, and our shared prosperity.

🗓 Friday, Sept. 26
🕒 2–6PM
📍 West Edge Factory, Huntington, WV

Here’s what you can expect:

✅ Solution Labs → talk challenges, map assets, and brainstorm bold ideas for our region
✅ Expo → discover local solutions already making a difference
✅ Matchmaking Activity → connect with people who can help bring your solution to life
✅ Interactive Trainings → see how Coalfield’s big ideas became real solutions in workforce, construction, energy, food system, and more
✅ Food + Fun → farm-to-table eats from The Wild Ramp 🥗, shop local goods 🛍️, and live music 🎶 from Hoot & Holler!

⏰ Can’t make it until after work?
No problem—come after 5PM for trainings, shopping, music, and more!

👉 Register FREE, but required—so fill out this short form!
bit.ly/3HzxoMZ