Asheville Outdoor Industry Professional Announced as North Carolina’s New Outdoor Recreation Industry Office Director at Outdoor Economy Conference Amy Allison, co-founder of the Outdoor Gear Builders of Western North…
Category: Small Business News
1,250 Jobs and More: 2019 Impact Survey Highlights
Local Businesses Assisted by Mountain BizWorks Provide Significant Community Impacts in 2019 Each year Mountain BizWorks surveys clients who have been active within the past year to hear what they…
Client Success Story: UpStaff Personnel
Anthony Thomas is poised to revitalize the Asheville workforce with his revolutionary social enterprise, UpStaff Personnel. UpStaff Personnel grew out of the staffing program originally housed at Green Opportunities. The program…
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 – The Isothermal Planning and Development Commission…
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 Western North Carolina. The region is…
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 Asheville, October 11, 2018 – It…