Photo of the AdvantageWest Economic Summit networking event by Max Cooper
AdvantageWest is hosting its annual Economic Summit this evening at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.
The event starts with a networking reception at 5:30 p.m. and will then feature a roundtable discussion at 7 p.m. with a panel of leaders including Mike Adams, president of Moog Music, Dan Gerlach, president of the Golden LEAF Foundation, and D.G. Martin, UNC-TV host and radio personality, among others. Their discussion will focus on infrastructure, regulatory and education issues related to economic development in Western North Carolina, according to a press release.
This post features live dispatches from the event via Twitter using the hashtag, #avlbiz
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