December 3, 2018
Mountain BizWorks & IPDC Expand Entrepreneurial Services, Announce Rutherfordton Pop-Up Office
The effort, made possible by a USDA grant, will provide tailored small business lending and peer learning programs. Forest City, November 29, 2018 – […]
November 1, 2018
Capital Bank funds help propel Mountain BizWorks Growing Outdoors Initiative
ASHEVILLE, NC, Nov. 1, 2018 – Capital Bank announced today that Mountain BizWorks has received a $400,000 investment to support small businesses lending in […]
October 11, 2018
Regional Partnership Expanding WNC’s Outdoor Industry Receives $940K in Funding from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Program
Funding to advance businesses, jobs, and innovation within the region’s growing outdoor industry from workforce training to a new fund for rural outdoor entrepreneurs […]
October 4, 2018
New Funding Announced to Support Craft Artists, Businesses and Students
UNC Asheville Awarded Nearly $2 Million Grant from the Windgate Foundation for STEAM Initiatives and Center for Craft Partnership We are very pleased to […]
August 20, 2018
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 […]
July 25, 2018
Mountain BizWorks awarded $650,000 from Wells Fargo to Support Diverse Small Businesses
Mountain BizWorks is one of 13 organizations nationwide to receive funds as part of the Diverse Community Capital program Entrepreneurs posing with the newly […]
November 22, 2017
Success Story: Mountain BizWorks Coach and Long Time Client Cara Steinbuchel Expands Product Line
Cara’s entrepreneurial journey started in 2004 while working as the Co-Manager of Mud Hunter Pottery Gallery. The owner asked Cara if she could make […]
October 12, 2017
Start Grow Thrive during Global Entrepreneurship Week
Announcing the Start. Grow. Thrive. Conference A Global Entrepreneurship Week event in WNC (Flat Rock, NC): During one week each November, thousands of events […]