Create Our Future is a 501c3 non-profit created in 2021 in order to provide, promote, plan and support economic and community development in the Appalachian region of Ohio.  We, as residents of Appalachian Ohio, can create the communities we want by helping existing businesses, new entrepreneurs, and communities through workshops, trainings, individual advising, and other educational programs and collaborations.  We can help ourselves! 

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We are led by a seven-member board and operate by volunteers.  We collaborate with the Community Improvement Corporation of Belmont County, Ohio, (CIC) and volunteers like the Bellaire Business Alliance and Ohio Valley Trail Association to fulfill our mission.  Donations to Create Our Future enable us and our collaborators to implement projects helping businesses, entrepreneurs, and communities.   Look to the future - and then create it!