Lord Botetourt High School senior Blake Markvart (left) gets instruction from Major General Jeff Snow on using a sabre to...

  Twin Creeks Brewing Company owners shared their success story at the Feb. 13 Gauntlet business classes. Shown left to...

Botetourt County, Roanoke County, the Alleghany Highlands, and The Advancement Foundation are teaming up to support small business development across...

  Gauntlet winner Lois Fritz from New Freedom Farm in Buchanan is shown with (left to right) Doug Jackson, Jay...

    Annette Patterson (front) established The Advancement Foundation (TAF) and the Gauntlet Business Program and Competition. Kathleen Carr (center)...

This is the fifth in a series about the Gauntlet Business Program and Competition, which originated with The Advancement Foundation...

(This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Gauntlet Business Program and Competition, following several entrepreneurs as...

(This is the third in a series of articles on the Gauntlet Business Program and Competition, following several entrepreneurs as...

  (This is the second in a series of articles on the Gauntlet Business Program and Competition, following several entrepreneurs...

The third annual Gauntlet Business Program and Competition is underway with classes at the Vinton War Memorial on Tuesday nights...