When Ande Noktes moved to Brunswick in 2022, she hit the ground running in her effort to meet local entrepreneurs and learn what they need to be successful.

Noktes, the first executive director of the Art and Lindee Lucas Center for Entrepreneurship at College of Coastal Georgia, would attend First Friday, a monthly event in downtown Brunswick, and spend time meeting and talking with entrepreneurs in attendance. Today, though, it takes her about three hours to make it all the way down Newcastle Street, as there’s many more people to meet and greet.

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