Blue Ridge Food Ventures Holiday Market 12/7/2011 9:00 AM Venue: Blue Ridge Food Ventures Location: AB Tech Enka Campus, Sand Hill Rd., Candler Holiday shopping is easy at the Blue Ridge Food Ventures Holiday Market, 9am-1pm and 4-7pm. View Details AdvantageWest Board of Directors Meeting – Dec 2011 12/8/2011 2:00 PM Venue: AdvantageWest Board Room …
Category Archive: Advantage West
Oct
30
AdvantageWest November Events
AdvantageWest Economic Summit – Fall 2011 Date: 11/14/2011 Time:5:30 PM Venue: Diana Wortham Theatre Location: Downtown Asheville $50.00 Register Online Join regional, state and federal business leaders, entrepreneurs, economic development professionals and others with a vested interest in Western North Carolina at one of the region’s most popular annual networking events, the AdvantageWest Economic Summit. …
Sep
14
Advantage West Announces BREC Breakthrough Business Challenge
Announcing BREC Breakthrough Business Challenge Date Posted: 8/17/2011 Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council, Tech 20/20’s Center for Entrepreneurial Growth receive grant to help Western North Carolina Entrepreneurs and small businesses start, grow with “BREC Breakthrough Business Challenge” Deadline to apply for program is Sept. 16; $10,000 cash to be awarded With a grant from the Citi …
Apr
28
May 5th The Annual Carolina Connect Business Networking Event
CAROLINA CONNECT: 5 Great Reasons To Mark 5/5 On Your Calendar REGISTER FOR CAROLINA CONNECT HERE, held Thursday, May 5, starting at 8:30am at the Renaissance in downtown Asheville. 1. INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED KEYNOTE SPEAKER This year’s lunchtime keynote speaker is Peter Shankman, a globally recognized PR and social media entrepreneur, author and angel investor. He …
Sep
20
October 2010 Advantage West Business Training Events
Clean Energy Now Conference at Blue Ridge Community College – Oct. 8 For more details, click the link in the title. Save the dates! Planning for two of AdvantageWest’s most popular events is in the works, so mark your calendar now. AdvantageWest Economic Summit is Nov. 15 The next Economic Summit will be held on …
Sep
14
Apply now for AdvantageGreen paid internships & fellowships – positions start in Oct!
The application process for positions with the 2010-11 AdvantageGreen Energy Internships Program is well underway and has generated significant interest and enthusiasm across the region. Nine internships and three fellowships are available under the program. Positions are 12-month commitments that start in October and pay a competitive stipend. The goal of the program is twofold: …
Sep
14
September 2010 Business Networking Events at Mountain Bizworks and Advantage West
Black Business Expo – September 13 (ABTech) Women’s Business Exchange – September 13 (Hendersonville Chamber) Green Business Alliance – September 14 (Asheville) Building NC’s Future on its Past: Three Ingredients for Success with Anita Brown-Graham, Director of NC’s Institute for Emerging Issues – Warren Wilson College Chapel – Sept 14, 7pm Community Agri-Business Alliance – …
Aug
31
Advantage West Economic Development Group
AdvantageWest Economic Development Group is Western North Carolina’s regional economic development commission. Chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1994, AdvantageWest is a non-profit public-private partnership whose primary focus is marketing the North Carolina mountains to corporations seeking to relocate or open a new facility, expand an existing business within the WNC region, and those …
Aug
09
Advantage West and Business Resources-Call for Applications
AdvantageWest is pleased to announce a call for applications for clean energy businesses to submit an internship position for consideration for the AdvantageGreen Energy Internships Program.