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    Tag:  Beacon Manufacturing Co.

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    Biz briefs: Employment­, home prices and visitor numbers all trending upward

    Posted on June 29, 2019June 24, 2019 by Virginia Daffron

    Asheville metro manufacturing employment grew by 1,400 jobs in the fourth quarter, the sector’s strongest performance in over two decades. Buncombe unemployment continued to be the lowest in the state, but area wages trailed state and national averages.

    4.9 K views+BusinessNews

    Asheville Archives: The rapid growth of Swannanoa

    Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Thomas Calder

    On Feb. 15, 1925, The Asheville Citizen proclaimed that Swannanoa had entered “the first stages of a boom.”

    4.9 K views+HistoryNews

    Swannanoa Valley Museum honors Beacon blankets

    Posted on April 11, 2019April 4, 2019 by Thomas Calder

    “Beacon was Swannanoa,” says Anne Chesky Smith, director of Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center. “Everything that was in Swannanoa was entangled in Beacon,

    4.8 K views1HistoryNews

    Beacon site in Swannanoa subject of public comment period

    Posted on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 by Virginia Daffron

    The contaminated former site of the Beacon Manufacturing Co. in Swannanoa has stood vacant since a massive fire destroyed the plant in 2003. The property’s owners are asking state regulators for permission to redevelop the site, and the public has until Sept. 29 to submit comments on the proposal.

    9.2 K views4EnvironmentNews

    The Gospel According to Jerry: the ballad of Old King Coal

    Posted on December 9, 2016December 8, 2016 by Jerry Sternberg

    “The subjects of our mountain kingdom were grateful, for these industries provided jobs and wages for thousands who’d struggled as hardscrabble farmers, miners and lumbermen.”

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