Community Leaders Graduate from CEC Leadership Training
Date Posted: 8/28/2007
AdvantageWest is pleased to announce that 14 communities will graduate from leadership training through the Certified Entrepreneurial CommunitySM (CEC) program. The communities include; Ashe County, Buncombe County, Burke County, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian, Haywood County, Macon County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Polk County, Rutherford County, Swain County, Transylvania County, Watauga County, and Yancey County.
The CECSM program is based on a five step program developed by the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship Institute (RUPRI). AdvantageWest is the first region in the country to implement a rigorous method to certify communitites as entrepreneur-ready. Communities that finish the program will receive ongoing support and marketing from AdvantageWest, pursuit of infrastructure enhancements for e-Commerce, better access to capital and people, simpler permitting and licensing, and the creation of a peer network through the program. Communities have already benefited from participating in the five step process. Gary Dills of Macon County shared that, "the community has become increasingly engaged in the process".
Learn more about the CECSM program.
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"As a life-long resident of western North Carolina I can’t imagine a more beautiful or diverse place to live and work."
D. Samuel Neill
Attorney-At-Law & AdvantageWest Board Member
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