Fast growing companies from Franklin to Asheville to Spruce Pine have been selected for this highly competitive program (Asheville, NC): After a highly competitive round of applications, Mountain BizWorks is…
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Some people say we’re dreamers, but we’re not the only ones
At Mountain BizWorks, we have a vision of what our economy can do for our community. This is because of the innovative, tenacious, and smart entrepreneurs that we have the…
ARC Unveils New Research and Resources to Support Regional Entrepreneurship
The Appalachian Regional Commission has released Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Appalachia, a suite of new research reports and resources to support entrepreneurial development in Appalachia. The research includes three reports which outline…
Mountain BizWorks Clients Continue to Make Significant Impacts in Western North Carolina
555 jobs created and an additional 809 jobs retained in 2018 The data collected in this year’s Mountain BizWorks Local Business Impact Survey demonstrates the continual growth of clients and…
NEW ECONOMY COALITION RELEASES ITS LOCAL ECONOMY GAP ANALYSIS TO PUBLIC

The Western North Carolina New Economy Coalition (WNC NEC) has recently released an online resource (wncnec.org) which provides public access to data from their Local Economy Gap Analysis. This report,…
Mud to Money Report: Lessons from 15 Leading WNC Local Farms

New report identifies opportunities and challenges for improving the profitability and sustainability of WNC local food farms (Asheville, NC): Over the last decade, Asheville and the greater Western North Carolina…