Green business habitat in the NC mountains
Matt Raker's Groups
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Biomass Energy in WNC
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Asheville Area EV Commit…
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Energy Efficient Building
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Green Alliance of Boone
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The Green Corridor
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Matt Raker's Events
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Noble Cider Release Party
June 5, 2013 from 4:30pm to 7:30pm – Wedge Brewery
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WNCGBC Annual Networking Extravaganza
June 27, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm – Highland Brewing Company
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- What expertise or resources do you offer?
- The NC Mountains region is gaining more and more recognition as a leader in green business and communities. The driving force behind this is part people and part place. As a place, western North Carolina is blessed with a wealth of natural resources, one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world, and exceptional health, wellness, and outdoor recreation amenities that lead to an excellent quality of life. As a people, there is an emerging creative class designing a wave of green innovations and a tradition of stewardship of natural resources that leads to green lifestyles and many “early adopters” of new green products and services. Additionally, across the state of North Carolina, there is a commitment to green businesses evident in some of the most favorable incentives and resource programs in the country.
The AdvantageGreen program of AdvantageWest seeks to leverage these regional strengths to promote green economic opportunities and to support long term green job creation and retention throughout western North Carolina.
- What opportunities or resources are you seeking?
- -Seeking entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a green business in WNC
-Seeking existing businesses looking to expand into new green opportunities
-Seeking to partner with organizations that provide support or resources to green businesses
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Advantage Opportunity Fund tops $1 million mark in loan financing to startups in Western North Carolina
You’re an entrepreneur starting a venture with high-growth potential. You have a promising business plan and the drive and enthusiasm needed to take your product or idea to market. The problem? Credit cards are maxed out. You’ve borrowed all you can from friends and family (still managing to keep your relationships intact). The banks aren’t ready to talk to you - and…
Posted on May 17, 2013 at 2:30pm
Noble Cider Announces Release Party Wednesday June 5 at Wedge Brewing
From the crew at Noble Cider...
Friday May 17, 2013 ASHEVILLE, NC - Asheville’s first hard cider company, Noble Cider, hosts a public release of its inaugural small batch at the Wedge Brewing Company, on Wednesday June 5, from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The Noble crew will be onsite to meet and greet, answer questions, and enjoy Noble Cider with Asheville.
Party goers can help Noble Cider raise funds for their fall batch…
ContinuePosted on May 17, 2013 at 1:37pm
Don't forget Accelerating Appalachia applications are due by May 31st!!!
Accelerating AppalachiaTM, the nation’s first business accelerator focused on nature-based companies, has officially launched and is seeking entrepreneurs for its inaugural class. The mentor and investor driven program is aimed at attracting and growing innovative, high-impact ventures in areas such as food products, agroforestry, fiber, green building, craft…
Posted on May 17, 2013 at 1:32pm
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Next Tuesday is good for me. I am free from 9 till 11 and after 2.
My direct email is domermuthdh@appstate.edu.
David
I look forward to taking advantage of the space. Would like to set up a meeting to bring you up to speed on CLT - The next project is going to be a demo building at A-B Tech.
Indeed, Annie posted information on our Business of Brownfields workshop. We are getting some registrations, but certainly hoping the numbers pick up soon. If you have any way of helping promote the event, we'd appreciate it. Are you getting the newsletters we are sending out? I sent another Friday, hope you got it.
Take care,
Holly
I hear you were in Boone for Greendrinks this week. I'm sorry I missed you. I am looking forward to meeting you and will see you on the 20th.
Honestly, I swore I'd signed up for this, too! But today I guess I made it official. Neil and I are looking forward to seeing you at the S.E.E. Expo. Looks like a great event.
Cheers,
-Jack
Thanks for a very productive meeting on 2/16/10. I sent the link to the LOSRC's Energy Team and I see that Ron Townley has signed on. Julie will explore how LOSRC wants to bring www.cleanenergywnc.org to the AdvantageGreen Networking site.
I'll follow-up on the survey issues later today.
Regards,
Dan