North Georgia Small Business Network

There’s room at the table.

A community for North Georgia small business owners to make real connections, learn from one another, collaborate, share resources and grow together.

Keep pulling up a seat

Good People Build Great Things.

Our first gathering was just the beginning. Join North Georgia business owners for connections, a practical educational segment, Q&A and a collaborative business roundtable.

Second Thursday of each month · 5:30–7:00 PM

Around the Backroads calendar
Next gathering · November 12, 2026
Anchor Insurance Agency LLC

1323 Murphy Highway, Suite 4
Blairsville, GA 30512

5:30–7:00 PM Eastern

Speaker: Devin Hazen. Confirmed topic: Negotiations.

November gathering details →

November event on Facebook ↗


Coming December 10

Kizuna Japanese Restaurant in Blue Ridge, with Samantha Scott of Get Pushing presenting on marketing.

December gathering details →

December event on Facebook ↗

Looking back · October 1, 2026

A good beginning. More seats ahead.

Approximately 40–50 people joined our inaugural gathering at Living Water Winery & Vineyard. It was a welcoming start for a community built around getting to know the people behind North Georgia’s small businesses.

Thank you to everyone who came, made a connection and helped bring Backroads & Business to life. No exclusive seats. Just more seats at the table.

Read the first-gathering recap →
Around the Backroads

Make room for what’s next.

Find our monthly gatherings and space for reviewed member community events and optional business caravans.

November and December details are on the calendar. Later dates include tentative education topics to help us plan together.

See what’s coming

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Why Backroads & Business?

Built around community, not competition.

“No exclusive seats. Just more seats at the table.”

Backroads & Business began when Brenda and Becca started talking about what local networking could look like if it felt more useful, more welcoming and more connected to the small businesses that make North Georgia home.

They decided to build it together around one simple idea: everyone deserves a seat at the table.

What we're building

After-hours meet & greets, short practical lessons, business tours, roundtables, local resources and members sharing the oddly specific things they're really good at.

We'll rotate venues around North Georgia and keep one standard: there should always be a reason you were glad you came.

Meet the founders

The people behind the table.

Becca Sasser

Becca Sasser

Co-Founder · REALTOR® & Team Leader · Scenic Route Property Group at Keller Williams Elevate

Becca Sasser is a North Georgia REALTOR®, team leader, and lifelong Appalachian local who believes business is built around people, not transactions. Her own path to homeownership began through Habitat for Humanity, an experience that still shapes the way she serves clients today.

Whether she’s helping someone buy their very first home, sell a family property, relocate to the mountains, or simply figure out what their next step should be, Becca approaches it the same way: let’s make a game plan. Her clients often become friends, and she considers being trusted with someone’s family or loved ones one of the greatest referrals she can receive.

She co-founded Backroads & Business because she wanted that same people-first approach to extend beyond real estate: connect North Georgia business owners with the people right down the road, create genuine relationships, and make it easier for neighbors to support neighbors.

Brenda Clodfelter

Brenda Clodfelter

Co-Founder · Mortgage Loan Officer · Alcova Mortgage

Brenda Clodfelter is a Mortgage Loan Officer with Alcova Mortgage with more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry. After moving to Northeast Georgia in 2022, she quickly fell in love with the community and the people who make it home.

Brenda loves meeting people, building relationships, and finding ways to help others succeed. That passion is what inspired her to co-found Backroads & Business: a relaxed, welcoming place where local business owners can meet, exchange ideas, make connections, give referrals, and genuinely support one another.

Her hope is for Backroads & Business to become more than another networking meeting. It’s about building real friendships, strong business relationships, and new opportunities right here in North Georgia.

Why we started Backroads & Business

No membership fees. No reserved industries. No awkward elevator-pitch Olympics. Just local people building relationships, sending business to one another, and making North Georgia’s small-business community a little smaller in the best possible way.

More than a meetup

Bring something to the table.

Connect

Build referral relationships and meet the people behind local businesses.

Share

Teach, demonstrate, join a roundtable or share a useful resource.

Host or support

Host a gathering, volunteer, sponsor, donate a prize or help with a community project.

See ways to get involved →
Member Directory

Start local. Start here.

Need a bookkeeper, roofer, photographer, lender, caterer, roll-off dumpster or the oddly specific service you can never remember until you need it? Explore public listings from North Georgia businesses connected to the Backroads & Business community.

Explore the directory
“No more digging through Facebook trying to remember who does what.”

Members choose which business information they share. Browse the directory to find your next local connection.

Ready?

Pull up a seat.

Tell us a little about your business and what you'd like to get from the network.

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