Small Business News

23 July 2019

1,250 Jobs and More: 2019 Impact Survey Highlights

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Local Businesses Assisted by Mountain BizWorks Provide Significant Community Impacts in 2019 Each year Mountain BizWorks surveys clients who have been active within the […]


17 December 2018

Client Success Story: UpStaff Personnel

17 December 2018, Comments: 0

Anthony Thomas is poised to revitalize the Asheville workforce with his revolutionary social enterprise, UpStaff Personnel. UpStaff Personnel grew out of the staffing program […]


3 December 2018

Mountain BizWorks & IPDC Expand Entrepreneurial Services, Announce Rutherfordton Pop-Up Office

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The effort, made possible by a USDA grant, will provide tailored small business lending and peer learning programs. Forest City, November 29, 2018 – […]


1 November 2018

Capital Bank funds help propel Mountain BizWorks Growing Outdoors Initiative

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ASHEVILLE, NC, Nov. 1, 2018 – Capital Bank announced today that Mountain BizWorks has received a $400,000 investment to support small businesses lending in […]


11 October 2018

Regional Partnership Expanding WNC’s Outdoor Industry Receives $940K in Funding from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Program

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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 […]


4 October 2018

New Funding Announced to Support Craft Artists, Businesses and Students

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UNC Asheville Awarded Nearly $2 Million Grant from the Windgate Foundation for STEAM Initiatives and Center for Craft Partnership We are very pleased to […]


29 August 2018

Client Success Story: Wehrloom Honey

29 August 2018, Comments: 0

Aron and Jessica Wehr are the husband and wife duo behind Wehrloom Honey, a cutting-edge meadery, honey, and craft gift retailer in Robbinsville, NC. […]


20 August 2018

NEW ECONOMY COALITION RELEASES ITS LOCAL ECONOMY GAP ANALYSIS TO PUBLIC

20 August 2018, Comments: 0

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 […]


25 July 2018

Mountain BizWorks awarded $650,000 from Wells Fargo to Support Diverse Small Businesses

25 July 2018, Comments: 0

Mountain BizWorks is one of 13 organizations nationwide to receive funds as part of the Diverse Community Capital program Entrepreneurs posing with the newly […]


22 November 2017

Success Story: Mountain BizWorks Coach and Long Time Client Cara Steinbuchel Expands Product Line

22 November 2017, Comments: 0

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 […]