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CEO's former Showcase West Virginia model continues to serve as an enterprise catalyst.
CEO developed Showcase West Virginia as a social purpose enterprise model to serve as a marketplace for a wide selection of fine locally-made merchandise.
During the seven years that CEO operated and refined the enterprise, we generated revenue and tapped a variety of new markets for nearly 450 rural entrepreneurs. The model also created significant public appreciation for locally-made products and small-scale manufacturing and artisan businesses.
Although CEO no longer operates the Showcase West Virginia enterprise, the model continues to offer benefit to people and the community: local private and non profit businesses are adapting and replicating portions of the model to help grow and sustain their businesses. Numerous products that were once only available at Showcase West Virginia are now sold by locally-owned boutique stores throughout the city and surrounding area.
Additional stores are exploring options for adding a locally-made component to their product offering.
The success of CEO's Showcase West Virginia enterprise model continues into the future.
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Support Local, Sustainable Enterprise! Center for Economic Options (CEO) 910 Quarrier Street, Suite 206 Charleston, West Virginia 25301 U.S.A. Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, EST Phone: (304) 345-1298 Email: info@economicoptions.org The Center for Economic Options (CEO) is an independent non profit organization in West Virginia. CEO works with entrepreneurs and innovators who share a commitment to development that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. Our main program strategy is to serve as a catalyst for local "green business" activity - helping people develop businesses that are environmentally-friendly and are not limited to any particular market. These businesses conserve natural resources, eliminate waste and remain ecologically in balance. They offer new opportunities for people be business owners and/or to be employed in green collar jobs, as they contribute positively to their communities and environment.
Through past years CEO primarily served rural small scale manufacturers, specialty farm entrepreneurs, and artisans and have a long and successful history of related enterprise development.
CEO is a founding member of the Central Appalachian Network (CAN) which is a collaboration of eight non profit organizations working toward environmentally, economically, and socially sound community sustainable development. CAN is moving forward to increase the impact and potential benefits for this regional work. Two recent publications Building Sustainable Economies in a Shrinking World and Building Sustainable Economies in a Shrinking World Proceedings Paper provides details. CEO demonstrates creativity, commitment, and leadership in rural entrepreneurial development in West Virginia. Some acknowledgements include:
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