make it on main street

Three businesses share Make it on Main Street prize money

WILMINGTON - Results for the Make it on Main Street business plan competition were announced to a packed house at Arthouse on the evening of Thursday, February 20. Butter Mountain Bakery walked away with first prize in the competition, garnering a $50,000 award. Second prize went to Local Loop,...

Make it on Main Street judges name finalists, winner announced soon

By Lauren Harkawik
WILMINGTON - Judges for the second iteration of Make it on Main Street, the Wilmington-focused business plan competition, have named finalists. They comprise two existing businesses, Butter Mountain Bakery and Valley Craft Ales, which seek to expand their operations, and...

Signs for Make It On Main Street can be seen along Main Street in Wilmington. Applications for the business plan competition opened on Friday, September 27. Lauren Harkawik

Make It On Main Street business plan contest is back with a bang

WILMINGTON - Make It On Main Street, the business plan competition that debuted in 2018, is back. This time, hopeful business owners are eligible to win up to $75,000.
Applications for the competition opened on Friday, September 27. In 2018, the competition was funded through a donation...

Something’s brewing

New agreement in the works for Wilmington Works and village coffee collaborative
WILMINGTON - The Haystack Coffee Collaborative may still be able to get its $10,000 from Make It On Main Street.
The collaborative was part of “Make It On Main Street,” a business plan...

Three proposals have been chosen as finalists in the Make it on Main Street competition: a bakery, a fitness facility, and a coffee roaster.

Village business plan competition finalists ready for decision

WILMINGTON - The three finalists for Wilmington’s Make it on Main Street competition have been announced. They are Hannah Cofiell’s Beurremont Bakery; Paul Croutworst’s 802 Fitness and Therapy; and Haystack Coffee Collaborative, a coffee sourcing, roasting, and wholesale venture from Chrystal...

Second-home owner makes second major area contribution

WILMINGTON - The application period has opened for Make It on Main Street, a contest that will award a prospective business owner $20,000 to open his or her business in Wilmington’s downtown district. The contest, which is an effort of Wilmington Works, sprang from an idea from second-...