Develop Potential

Businesses + Mentors

Bring real-world skill into the room. Show what you do, teach how it works, mentor emerging talent, and help people see a practical next step.

Send Participation Interest

Your Experience Can Open a Door

RENEW connects useful materials with useful skills—and connects people with the confidence, relationships, and opportunity to build something new.

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Ways to Participate

Showcase Your Work

Introduce your craft, trade, company, or community work to an engaged local audience.

Demonstrate a Skill

Let people see tools, techniques, repair, design, and problem-solving in action.

Teach Something Useful

Lead a focused lesson that gives beginners a clear, practical place to start.

Host a Hands-On Activity

Create a safe, guided experience where guests can try a skill for themselves.

Mentor a Participant

Encourage a builder, student, job seeker, or emerging maker with honest, useful guidance.

Share Career Pathways

Help people understand training, apprenticeships, entry points, and opportunities in your field.

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Business Partner or Market Vendor?

Choose Businesses + Mentors when your primary contribution is teaching, demonstrating, mentoring, or sharing a career path. Choose the RENEW Market when your primary goal is selling approved goods on event day.

Explore the RENEW Market

What Happens Next

Tell us what you can offer and what you need. The RENEW team will follow up about fit, space, timing, audience, power or equipment needs, safety expectations, and final participation details.

Business + Mentor Interest Form

Required · Optional