The family feud continues over where to store renowned electronic instrument inventor Bob Moog’s archives, with his widow and the president of his daughter’s foundation releasing dueling statements.
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Craft group coming to downtown Asheville
The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design has bought the Lark Books building on Broadway Street. What will the move mean for the local arts scene? (Photo by Max Cooper)
New Belgium ranked one of the best places to work in U.S.
With plans to eventually hire 150 local employees, New Belgium Brewing Co. was again ranked by Outside Magazine as one of the best places to work in the country.
NC’s final sales-tax holiday is this weekend
Local shoppers can save money on a variety of items soon, as Aug. 2-4 marks North Carolina’s final tax-free weekend.
Face to face: County residents air concerns at community meetings
Three recent community meetings gave Buncombe County residents a chance to raise concerns with the Board of Commissioners.
A living landscape: New website uses Google Earth to show history of Cherokee homeland
An interactive website is making it possible to take a virtual hike across the historic Cherokee Indian trails and villages of Western North Carolina.
Mission Health and Rutherford Regional Health System terminate merger plans
Plans for a partnership between Rutherford Regional Health System and Mission Health no longer exist as of today.
Moog foundation objects to archives going to NY
A move to ship Bob Moog’s archives from Asheville to New York is creating family discord over the best way to preserve the late inventor’s legacy.
Declaration of independence: Ditched by corporate HQ, Asheville print company reopens as independent
When a California-based printing corporation decided to shutter its Asheville branch in May, the local owner of the business and his laid-off workers had a reply: not so fast.
Apps and the art of innovation: CEO of Asheville software firm makes apps to keep businesses fresh
Pull back the curtain on some of the more visible Asheville tech happenings in recent years — TEDxAsheville, Spark Tech Talk podcast, Asheville Green Drinks — and you’ll find the Oz-like figure of Ty Hallock , Web entrepreneur and constant generator of ideas.
Popular section of Blue Ridge Parkway closed from Ox Creek to Mt. Mitchell
The Blue Ridge Parkway is now closed from Milepost 375, a few miles north of Asheville, to Milepost 355 at N.C. 128/Mount Mitchell State Park, according to the National Park Service.
Credit builder
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Federal Co-Chair Earl F. Gohl has announced the creation of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), a new central bank for development lenders that will increase the availability of capital to small businesses in the organization’s 13-state area. Gohl made the announcement at the Clinton Global Initiative’s America conference with Ray Moncrief, ACC […]
Retail space at Grove Arcade on verge of full occupancy
In what could be a good sign for the local economy, retail space at the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville is on the verge of being fully occupied for the first time since 2007.
Peppermint O yes
A local startup has launched a lightweight Linux operating system that is gaining popularity.
Diversified design: Kudzu Branding & Design takes on the art of printing
Kenny and Murphy Capps recently expanded their full-service, creative branding agency to include retail printing. After three years in business, the husband-and-wife team started noticing some clear indicators that it was time to grow and diversify, says Kenny.
Herbin’ cowboy
Gaia Herbs founder Ric Scalzo stands in front of a renovated guest house on his company’s sprawling farm in Brevard and points to a hill lined with verdant Ginkgo trees. It is on this 250-acre plot, a former cattle farm, that the Massachusetts-born CEO has built what is now the 10th-largest employer in Transylvania County […]
Credit builder
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Federal Co-Chair Earl F. Gohl has announced the creation of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), a new central bank for development lenders that will increase the availability of capital to small businesses in the organization’s 13-state area. Gohl made the announcement at the Clinton Global Initiative’s America conference with Ray Moncrief, ACC […]
Local conference highlights renewable energy economy
Of the 30 utility-scale solar projects built in the Southeast last year, 21 were in North Carolina. That’s the kind of good news business leaders heard when they gathered June 19 in Asheville to celebrate the successes and discuss the challenges facing the rapidly growing renewable energy industry. (pictured: Ivan Urlaub of the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association; photo by Max Cooper)
Conference will explore ‘Clean Energy in the Mountains’
A June 19 conference in downtown Asheville will explore how clean-energy technologies contribute to the local economy.
‘Project X’ revealed: Details on GE Aviation’s local expansion plans
The Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County announced June 17 that GE Aviation is planning a major expansion of local operations, putting an end to months of speculation about a deal that had been known as “Project X.”
Grove Park Inn sold for the second time in about a year
Omni Hotels & Resorts, which owns about 60 properties in the U.S., announced this morning that it will purchase the historic property, along with four other resorts in California, Texas and Virginia. (Photo courtesy of the Grove Park Inn)