Women Entrepreneurs

Who We Serve

Mountain BizWorks promotes economic self-sufficiency for all women in Western NC through entrepreneurship. We serve all women who have a desire to start and successfully run a small business, especially women who face barriers to business ownership such as low-income status, language barriers, low educational attainment, and low socio-economic achievement.

What We Do

We provide substantive, results-oriented business development services:

• We ensure that all loans submitted by women business owners to Mountain BizWorks are given full consideration and that other recommendations for financing are made if the loan is not approved.
• We provide information to woman-owned small businesses (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged WOSBs on how to contract with the federal government as a certified Small Business Administration WOSB.
• We provide services to women entrepreneurs in the 12 western-most counties of NC through three office locations: Asheville, Hendersonville and Sylva.

For more information, contact the regional office nearest you:

• Asheville: Victor Palomino, 828-253-2834, ext 23, victor@mountainbizworks.org
• Hendersonville: Adriana Chavela, 828-692-5826, adriana@mountainbizworks.org
• Sylva: Sheryl Rudd, 828-631-0292, sheryl@mountainbizworks.org.

For information about lending, contact:

• MBW Lending Department, 828-253-2834, ext 16, or loans@mountainbizworks.org

Equal Opportunity Lender / Agency