Capital Infusion: Area businesses strike it big through local investors
Volume
28
/ Issue 14
Cover Design Credit:
Ele AnnandCover Photography Credit:
Neil Jacobs
The second Mountain Raise, a program of nonprofit Mountain BizWorks, aims to take Western North Carolina’s “shop local” energy to the next level through local investing. Five WNC enterprises will present their business plans — and fundraising goals — at Hi-Wire Brewing Wednesday, Nov. 10.
arts
Abby Bryant & The Echoes, Brett Naucke and Sally Anne Morgan release new albums
Bluesy Southern rock and instrumental work inspired by Tarkovsky and the tarot compose this month's spotlighted albums.‘Black in Black on Black’ exhibit combines social science data with art
The well-rounded presentation changed the way the research team and artists thought about presenting their work.Around Town: New art exhibit focuses on rituals of death and remembrance
Nadazul Gallery presents an exhibit highlighting death and remembrance. Plus, BlackBird Frame & Art extends Emil Holzhauer exhibit, Hendersonville filmmaker gets PBS deal and local author publishes pharmaceutical thriller.food
Breweries, bars and entertainment venues ponder nonalcoholic beer options
My long, and until recently, happy relationship with beer began as a child, Saturday nights at my grandparents’ home in a small blue-collar town south of Philadelphia. At their Formica…What’s new in food: Cultura continues Cultivated Community Dinner Series
Contemplating the mostly unused space that was and eventually will again be home to Cultura restaurant on Coxe Avenue, chef Eric Morris envisioned monthly collaborative pop-ups with local chefs, particularly…living
Cancer survivors thrive in yoga therapy
Prior to Dr. Robyn Tiger’s class, “Yoga for Cancer Recovery,” Asheville Community Yoga hadn’t offered yoga tailored to the unique needs of cancer survivors. While Asheville is brimming with yoga…news
Asheville celebrates North Fork project completion
Approximately 65 people, mostly city employees and public officials, participated in an Oct. 20 ribbon-cutting atop the North Fork Reservoir and Water Treatment Plant dam’s new auxiliary spillway, one of…Q&A with Nnweyna Smith, founder of Sankofa Market AVL
The Asheville native seeks to elevate Black small business owners and entrepreneurs with the twice-monthly pop-up market.Conference on reparations comes to UNCA Nov. 6
The eighth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference, presented by UNC Asheville, will examine both local and national reparations Saturday, Nov. 6.Mountain Raise connects small businesses with local investors
Mountain BizWorks is hosting its second Mountain Raise Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Hi-Wire Brewing. The event features five WNC businesses — Cardstalk, GreenLifeTech, North Cove Leisure Club, Spectra3D…Buncombe County’s Teen Court tailors justice to first-time offenders
When Jamie Lee Willocks was a teenager, she brought a cellphone with her to band class, which was not allowed. She received a text message from her mother, and the…Give!Local aims high in its seventh year
This season, Give!Local donors could help Asheville’s one-stop platform for philanthropy top $1 million. Since Mountain Xpress launched the annual campaign in 2015, the community has helped raise over $750,000,…TDA to unveil plan for tourism grant funds by end of year
The Tourism Product Development Fund totaled over $7.8 million as of Sept. 30.Council approves funding for Haywood Street development
The proposed location for the affordable development is located in the West End/Clingman Avenue Neighborhood. All of the apartments would be reserved for people earning less than 80% of the…opinion
Letter: Let cities regulate short-term rentals
"The state legislature shouldn’t tell municipalities how to run their towns."Letter: Thanks to local schools for alternatives in COVID-19 era
"So it was a great relief to hear that at least a few local schools are protecting children against what I firmly believe are the real dangers of our time."Letter: Don’t allow government interference with short-term rentals
"I would argue not to allow government interference with a homeowner’s right to use his/her property to its highest and best use."Letter: Don’t perpetuate vaccine dogma
"Excluding unvaccinated people perpetuates the false narrative that the only people contracting, transmitting and getting sick with coronavirus are the unvaccinated — and that is wildly untrue."Letter: Short-term rentals are harming neighborhoods
"There absolutely should be zoning rules, restrictions and regulations in Buncombe County that prevent investors, who have no interest in an area beyond making money, from creating these stand-alone STRs…