Western North Carolina Economic Development Group

Corporate Sponsors and Funding Partners

Special Thanks
To the Federal Agencies, State Agencies, Foundations and Educational Institutions that provide funding. And, ongoing support from our private sponsors is a key component of fulfilling our mission. Our sponsors provide critical ongoing financial support, and stand ready to further assist individuals, groups or corporations interested in doing business in western North Carolina. Our corporate sponsors and supports and our Funding Partners include:

Appalachian Regional Commission

Appalachian Regional Development Institute

Appalachian State University, Walker College of Business

Asheville Merchant’s Fund of the Community Foundation of WNC US Congress

Asheville Renaissance Hotels

AT&T

Biltmore Company

Biltmore Farms

BioNetwork BioBusiness Center

Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp

Blue Ridge Mountain EMC

Carolina First Bank

Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Community Foundation of WNC

Dixon Hughes

Duke Energy

Economic Development Coalition – Asheville-Buncombe Co.

Froehling & Robertson, Inc.

Fulenwider Enterprises

Golden Leaf Foundation

Google

Greenlife Grocery

Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa

Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park

Janirve Foundation

Land-of-Sky Regional Council

McGill Associates

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Mountain First Bank

Murphy Electric Power Board

National Endowment for the Arts

National Park Service

NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc

NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. , Agricultural Advancement Consortium

NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

North Carolina Department of Justice

North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Piedmont Natural Gas

Progress Energy

PSNC – Energy

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

The Rural Internet Access Authority

US Department of Commerce

US Small Business Administration

USDA

USDA/NC Farm Bureau Foundation

Western Carolina University, Institute for the Economy and the Future

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

This was last updated: April 29, 2010

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