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Special Thanks
A special thanks to the federal agencies, state agencies, foundations and educational institutions that provide funding and support to our organization.  Ongoing support from our private sponsors is a key component of fulfilling our mission. Our sponsors provide critical financial and in-kind support and stand ready to further assist individuals, groups or corporations interested in doing business in western North Carolina. Our corporate sponsors, supporters and funding partners include:
 

  • Alliance Consulting Engineers
  • Allison Development Group
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appalachian State University
  • Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
  • Ashe County
  • Asheville Event Company
  • Asheville Merchant’s Fund of the Community Foundation of WNC
  • Asheville Renaissance Hotels
  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
  • Ashley Furniture
  • AT&T
  • Biltmore
  • Biltmore Wines Company
  • BioNetwork BioBusiness Center
  • Blue Ridge Community College
  • Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
  • Blue Ridge Mountain EMC
  • Breah Parker
  • Buncombe County
  • Burke Committee of 100
  • Burke Development Inc.
  • Caldwell Community College
  • Carolina Financial Securities
  • Carolina First Bank
  • Cherokee Preservation Foundation
  • Craggy Brewing Company
  • Duke Energy
  • Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County
  • ECS Carolinas
  • e-NC Authority
  • FLS Energy
  • Forest Commercial Bank
  • French Broad Brewing
  • Froehling & Robertson, Inc.
  • Frontier Communications
  • Fulenwider Enterprises
  • Gaia Herbs
  • Golden LEAF Foundation
  • Google
  • Graham County
  • Greenlife Grocery
  • Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa
  • Haywood Community College
  • Haywood County EDC
  • Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development
  • High Country Council of Governments
  • High Country Workforce Development Board
  • Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
  • Isothermal Community College
  • Isothermal Planning and Development Commission
  • Janirve Foundation
  • JB Media Group
  • KP Communications
  • Land-of-Sky Regional Council
  • Macon County Economic Development Commission
  • Marketing Association for Rehabilitation Centers (MARC)
  • Mattern & Craig Inc.
  • Mayland Community College
  • McDowell Technical Community College
  • McGill Associates
  • McMillan Pazdan Smith
  • Meet the Geeks
  • Mountain Area Workforce Development Board
  • Mountain BizWorks
  • Murphy Electric Power Board
  • National Park Service
  • NC Biotechnology Center
  • NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • NC Department of Commerce, Division of Business & Industry
  • NC Department of Commerce, Division of Energy
  • NC Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
  • NC Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Development
  • NC Farm Bureau Foundation
  • NC General Assembly
  • NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.
  • NC Small Business and Technology Development Center
  • NC State University
  • NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
  • Nexsen Pruet
  • ourvoYce
  • Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, LLP
  • Piedmont Natural Gas
  • Polk County EDC
  • Posana Cafe
  • Printville
  • Progress Energy
  • PSAV
  • PSNC Energy
  • Region C Workforce Development Commission
  • Rutherford County EDC
  • Sandford Holshouser Economic Development Consulting
  • Southwestern Commission
  • Southwestern Community College
  • Southwestern Workforce Development Consortium
  • Sundance Power Systems
  • Swain County
  • The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
  • Town & Country Furniture
  • Town of Murphy
  • Transylvania Vocational Services
  • Tri-County Community College
  • University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • US Department of Commerce
  • US Economic Development Administration
  • US Small Business Administration
  • VERVE
  • Western Carolina University
  • Western Piedmont Community College
  • Western Piedmont Council of Governments
  • Western Piedmont Jobs Training Consortium
  • Wilkes County Community College
  • YMI Cultural Center
  • Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

This was last updated: May 26, 2011

Testimonial

We are stronger together than we are as individuals. Regionalism is critically important for local developers as we work to improve the economy and quality of life for our citizens. AdvantageWest provides the means for us to think and act regionally.
Dr. Patricia Mitchell
Chair/Local Developers Advisory Council
Ashe County Director of Economic Development

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AdvantageWest
134 Wright Brothers Way
Fletcher, NC 28732

ph. 828-687-7234
fx. 828-687-7552
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