These Four Entrepreneurs Are Asking For Your Vote at Show of Hands Wheeling Heritage Media April 12, 2023 Next week, four local entrepreneurs will take the stage in the hopes of receiving more than $4,000 to support their business at the next Show of Hands. Each business owner will have four minutes to make a pitch...
Just Me & More Salon Wins Show of Hands: Black-Owned Business Edition Provided February 9, 2023 After four local business made their pitch to a crowd of more than 250 people at Wheeling Heritage's Show of Hands, Just Me & More Salon walked away with the most votes! Owner Rica Dabney took home the top ...
Get To Know Wheeling Heritage’s Latest Show of Hands Participants Alex Panas and Wheeling Heritage Media February 6, 2023 Wheeling Heritage's Show of Hands event returns this Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Wheeling Artisan Center, and you're invited! If you're unfamiliar with Show of Hands, it's a community-supported ...
Four Black-Owned Businesses to Compete in the Next Show of Hands Provided January 18, 2023 Wheeling Heritage announced today that four Black-owned businesses will be competing for the next Show of Hands event on Feb. 8 in honor of Black History Month. This special edition of Show of Hands will featur...
The Pine Room Podcast Wins Show of Hands Provided September 30, 2022 After four local business made their pitches, The Pine Room Podcast secured the most votes making them the latest winner of Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands. The newly developed business took home more than $6...
Show of Hands Returns Sept. 28; Who Will Win? Wheeling Heritage Media September 26, 2022 Wheeling Heritage's Show of Hands returns this week with a fresh lineup of local businesses. The community-supported crowd-funding event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28 on the third floor of the Wheeling Ar...
Soap, Ceramics, Sweets and Sports On the Lineup for the Next Show of Hands Provided August 31, 2022 Four local small businesses have been selected from a pool of applicants for Wheeling Heritage’s next Show of Hands. Show of Hands, a community-supported, crowd-funding event, is set to take place September 28 ...
Four Local Entrepreneurs Hope To Take Home The Top Prize at Show of Hands Wheeling Heritage Media June 29, 2022 On Wednesday, June 29, four local business owners will take the stage at the next Show of Hands, a community-supported crowdfunding event hosted by Wheeling Heritage. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. ...
Show of Hands Returns This Month With Four New Entrepreneurs Provided June 6, 2022 Four small business owners will each make a pitch at Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands event on June 29. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Artisan Center, 1400 Main Street, invites attendees to pay $5 to...
Four Businesses To Compete At Show of Hands This Wednesday Wheeling Heritage Staff March 28, 2022 After a two-year hiatus, Show of Hands will return as an in-person event this Wednesday on the third floor of the Wheeling Artisan Center. Four entrepreneurs will pitch their plans to expand their businesses th...
Four Small Businesses to Compete in Wheeling Heritage’s ‘Show of Hands’ Provided February 28, 2022 Four small business owners will each make a pitch at Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands event on March 30. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Artisan Center, 1400 Main Street, invites attendees to pay $5 t...
Midge’s Kitchen Wins Show of Hands Provided November 1, 2021 After a week of online voting, Wheeling Heritage’s latest round of Show of Hands has come to a close. More than 500 votes were received during the week-long voting period, with Melissa Rebholz, owner of Midge’s...
Online Show of Hands Voting Begins Today! Alex Panas October 25, 2021 Starting today through Oct. 31, four local entrepreneurs are depending on the community to participate in Wheeling Heritage’s Virtual Show of Hands crowdfunding event. In lieu of an in-person event, Wheeling He...
Wheeling Heritage Announces Four Finalists for the Next Virtual ‘Show of Hands’ Alex Panas September 21, 2021 Four small business owners will each make a pitch at Wheeling Heritage’s virtual Show of Hands event beginning Oct. 25. Short videos of each participant will be produced by the Wheeling Heritage Media team and ...
Wheeling Heritage Accepting Applications for Show of Hands Provided August 30, 2021 Wheeling business owners and entrepreneurs will soon have the chance to win more than $4,000 to help make their ideas a reality. Applications are now open for Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands, a community supp...
New Flower Shop, Making Magic, Wins Show of Hands Wheeling Heritage Media November 2, 2020 After a week of online voting, Wheeling Heritage’s latest round of Show of Hands has come to a close. Despite the event being held virtually, nearly 400 online votes were received during the week-long voting pe...
Show of Hands Voting is Open Alex Panas October 26, 2020 Starting today through Nov. 1, four local entrepreneurs are depending on the community to participate in Wheeling Heritage’s Virtual Show of Hands crowdfunding event. In lieu of an in-person event, Wheeling Her...
Former Show of Hands Winners Adapt to Changing Times Jennifer Materkoski October 16, 2020 In just a few weeks, Wheeling Heritage will present its next round of Show of Hands. The crowd-funding event is usually held a few times a year and gives members of the community an opportunity to support devel...
Get to Know Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands Contestants Alex Panas October 9, 2020 The latest round of Show of Hands is set to begin on Oct. 26. The virtual event will showcase four local business owners making their business pitch through short video segments produced by Wheeling Heritage Me...
Four Small Businesses to Compete in Wheeling Heritage’s Virtual ‘Show of Hands’ Provided September 24, 2020 Contact: Alex Panas Communications and Development Manager Wheeling Heritage 740-338-7633 apanas@wheelingheritage.org WHEELING, W.Va. – Sept. 24...
Wheeling Heritage Announces Riley’s Retirement; Appoints Weld as Next Executive Director Provided February 28, 2020 Wheeling Heritage announced today that Arch W. Riley Jr. is set to leave his position as the executive director on June 30. The board has named Alex Weld as the organization’s next executive director. Weld j...
Centre Wheeling’s Dinosaur Named After Scientist Phyllis Sigal February 26, 2020 Wheeling, meet Gideon — the T. rex that can be seen bursting through the second-floor window at the SMART Centre Market. "The name ‘Gideon’ won by a nose,” said Robert E. Strong who, along with his wife Libb...
WEEasked: ‘Proud West Virginian’ Barbara LaRue Phyllis Sigal January 27, 2020 WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, coworkers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a little bit better with our fun series, “WEEasked.” Barbar...
At Show of Hands, Corey Kidd Takes the Cake … and $11,350 Phyllis Sigal January 22, 2020 A record crowd of 600. A sea of friendly faces. The biggest winner’s check ever — $11,350. That all made for an incredible night for Corey Kidd of Bakery 49, winner of tonight’s Show of Hands. But the ici...
SHOW OF HANDS: Female Entrepreneur Edition Set for Wednesday Phyllis Sigal January 21, 2020 “On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” — Oprah Winfrey Like Oprah Winfrey, the...
‘Prehistory Meets History’ in Wheeling’s Centre Market Phyllis Sigal January 17, 2020 New dino might attract lots of attention at Wheeling’s Centre Market
Women’s Giving Circle Inspires Giving Year-Round Laurie Conway November 26, 2019 As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, being grateful and giving back to the community are at the forefront of many minds, but for one group of women in Wheeling, giving happens during more than just the holid...
Browsing With Book People at Vigilant Bookstore Laura Jackson Roberts November 25, 2019 Have you ever seen someone adrift in a bookstore? It can be a tiny space, and yet they look lost — not physically, but mentally. Maybe they draw the books up to their face to smell the paper and binding glue. M...
Hangover BBQ Fired Up Over Show of Hands Win Phyllis Sigal May 22, 2019 A sweet little voice from the crowded room asked, “What’s your favorite kind of meat to make?” That question, posed by Billy Litman’s 6-year-old niece CeCe, is what put Hangover BBQ over the top at Wednesday’s ...
A Gym, Salon, Roadside BBQ and Resale/Consignment Shop Up for Show of Hands Prize Phyllis Sigal May 21, 2019 Strength. ... Sustainable. ... Repurpose. ... Delicious. These are just a few of the words the Wheeling Heritage Show of Hands contenders use when talking about their business ventures. Delicious: Billy a...
WHEELING@WORK: Koslik Is the City’s Newest Council Representative Ellen Brafford McCroskey April 24, 2019 Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting the personalities, programs and processes at work within the City ...
Wheeling Heritage Accepting Show of Hands Applications Provided April 11, 2019 If you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling, you are encouraged to apply for Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands. The winner will leave the event with more ...
Wheeling Heritage (Part 2): What’s on the Drawing Board? Phyllis Sigal March 26, 2019 Editor’s note: Yesterday, it was announced that Wheeling Heritage had won the 2019 Great American Main Street Award. Today, we hear more about the organization’s goals and how it intends to reach them. On th...
Wheeling Heritage (Part 1): A Big Win Today! Phyllis Sigal March 25, 2019 J ust like on a reality television show, Jake Dougherty and Alex Weld knew how the competition ended more than seven months ago — and had to keep it hush-hush. Until today. The exciting news — that Wheeli...
Attention to Detail Cleans Up at Show of Hands Phyllis Sigal September 26, 2018 Attention to Detail's Jeff Johnson Jr. and his dad Jeff Johnson Sr. walked away with $5,214 in winnings from the 15th Show of Hands sponsored by Wheeling Heritage. Close to 400 people came out to the event t...
SHOW OF HANDS: T-Shirts Up Against Detailing, Records and Pottery Phyllis Sigal September 25, 2018 Last spring, a salty baguette trumped T-shirts, coffee and a shave. On Wednesday, the T-shirts are back and hoping to win the crowd over at the 15th installment of Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands competiti...
Wheeling Heritage Named Great American Main Street Award Semifinalist Provided August 20, 2018 Wheeling Heritage has been named a 2019 Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) Semifinalist by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center recognizes exceptional Main Street co...
Show of Hands Looking for Applicants Provided August 14, 2018 Do you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling? If so, you are encouraged to apply for Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands. The winner will leave the event ...
Kellas III Continuing Family Legacy Steve Novotney June 8, 2018 1 It depends on a person's age, really, as far as which "George Kellas" he or she remembers or knows today. And it is the family of young George Kellas that owns a legacy of working to make the Wheeling community...
And the Show of Hands Winner Is … Phyllis Sigal May 23, 2018 “AHHHHHHH! I’m so excited!” was Sarah Lydick’s ecstatic response as the Wheeling Heritage Show of Hands top vote-getter Wednesday night at the Wheeling Artisan Center. She and her husband Rod walked away aft...
Raise Your Hand for Your Favorite at Show of Hands Phyllis Sigal May 22, 2018 A cup of coffee? A loaf of bread and a bowl of soup? A T-shirt design? A shave and a haircut? Decisions, decisions. And they’re yours to make, after listening to four entrepreneurs make a short but impassion...
Carney’s Cat’s Paw a ‘Show’ Success Story Steve Novotney May 18, 2017 It was in late 2015 when she first presented during a “Show of Hands” event, and she pitched to the crowd the need for a glass-cutter do-thingy that would allow Cat’s Paw Arts Studio to better streamline the sh...
W.A.T.C.H. Benefitting from ‘Show of Hands’ Win Steve Novotney February 22, 2017 What they knew for sure was that W.A.T.C.H. wanted to build a greenhouse to expand upon skill development opportunities for the local residents who depend on the organization. What they knew about “Show of H...
‘Show Of Hands’ Returns This Evening Steve Novotney November 30, 2016 The summer break for “Show of Hands” may have been extended by a month, but officials with ReInvent Wheeling are prepared for the event’s return this evening at the Wheeling Artisan Center in the downtown distr...
Wheeling’s ‘Show of Hands’ Returns in November Steve Novotney October 19, 2016 Not since February has ReInvent Wheeling staged a ‘Show of Hands’ event, but soon local residents will once again have the opportunity to pitch their business and project ideas to citizens and business and comm...
Wheeling Heritage Hires Jake Dougherty as Executive Director Weelunk Staff June 13, 2016 3 Image courtesy of WVPUBLIC Former director of Reinvent Wheeling is familiar with organization, its goals The board of directors of Wheeling Heritage today announced it has hired Jake Dougherty, the direct...
Wheeling Represented at W.Va. Hub Conference Steve Novotney June 11, 2016 We didn’t know what to expect. Weelunk caught the attention of Jake Lynch, the director of network communications for the West Virginia Community Development Hub, and he brainfested a gathering he labeled, “...
‘Show Of Hands’ Presenters Poised And Ready Steve Novotney February 16, 2016 The arts, local children, and local consumers will be the focus this Wednesday evening during the eighth “Show of Hands” event at the Capitol Theatre Ballroom. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the event...
Diverse Presenters Selected for Next “Show of Hands” Steve Novotney February 10, 2016 An intriguing collection of presenters have been selected for the “Show of Hands” crowd-funding event scheduled for Feb. 17 at the Capitol Theatre. The Children’s Museum’s Upcycled Fashion Show, the “You’ve ...
Applications Due Soon for Next ‘Show of Hands’ Steve Novotney January 19, 2016 The eighth “Show of Hands” event is now less than a month away, and ReInvent Wheeling Director Jake Dougherty is hoping he receives even more applications than have been submitted thus far. “Show of Hands” i...
