Posted by Becca Scott on May 30, 2018 in news, Uncategorized
The North Carolina Rural Center has announced the creation of a new lending opportunity for businesses in North Carolina. Thread Capital is a nonprofit organization that operates as a subsidiary of the NC Rural Center. The Thread Capital website states that this new organization “…works one-on-one with small business owners to identify and provide connections to the optimal financing, networking, and coaching resources for their business. We work with...
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Posted by Becca Scott on Apr 4, 2018 in Uncategorized
The newest in a series of videos from the Southwestern Commission along with with the Mountain West Partnership is now available to view online. This film grew out of the Rural Food Business Assistance Project, which ran a series of community meetings in small towns across WNC last year and also provided over $20,000 worth of scholarships to over 80 local food businesses in the region. That project aimed to both capture a snapshot of what was happening in the local food...
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Posted by Becca Scott on Mar 2, 2018 in news, Uncategorized
Registration is open for the Small Business and Technology Development Center’s “Opportunities 2018.” Opportunities is a “reverse” trade show, where small business owners visit government and prime contractor booths to discuss potential buying opportunities as well as attend informative seminars on government contracting. This is a tremendous opportunity for small businesses to learn more about the government contracting process and to position themselves...
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Posted by Becca Scott on Oct 13, 2017 in news, Uncategorized
The Southwestern Commission, in conjunction with MountainWest Partnership, asked local citizens and businesses to participate in a broadband assessment for the region. This survey verified availability of services in our counties, identified actual speeds available, and collected information on demand for services from respondents. While some counties have conducted individual broadband surveys already, this regional effort gave all counties the chance to participate. Data...
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Posted by Becca Scott on Jul 12, 2017 in news, Uncategorized
North Carolina was recently ranked as the #5 state in the United States for business, according to a study conducted by CNBC. This year’s study ranked states based on ten weighted scoring categories and 66 metrics, including the following categories: Workforce, Infrastructure, Cost of Doing Business, Economy, Quality of Life, Technology and Innovation, Education, Business Friendliness, Access to Capital, and Cost of Living. North Carolina ranked in the top ten in...
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Posted by Becca Scott on Jul 3, 2017 in Uncategorized
Mountain governments are working together to improve broadband infrastructure in Region A: The region is working together to incentivize providers to come in. “…Macon, Graham, Swain, Clay, Cherokee, Haywood and Jackson Counties—are in the early stages of planning for better broadband deployment. It’s all part of a two phase approach to attracting more internet service providers, or, just better internet service in general…” To read the full article,...
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