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From woodlot to cash cow
Mountain BizWorks encourages novice and experienced farmers to turn their forests into money-making enterprises.
Xpress Interview: Shaw Canale and Sharon Oxendine of Mountain BizWorks
Xpress freelancer Anne Fitten Glenn sits down with Mountain BizWorks CEO Shaw Canale and Women’s Business Center Director Sharon Oxendine to discuss local trends concerning women in business.
Mountain BizWorks hires new executive director
The new chief executive officer of Mountain BizWorks tells Mountain Xpress about the best banking job she ever had and looks forward to a strategic planning period with the nonprofit that serves small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Mountain BizWorks director steps down
Greg Walker-Wilson is stepping down as chief executive officer of Mountain BizWorks, an Asheville-based nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs develop businesses and find financial support. He plans to move his family to South America later this year to enrich their life experience and extend his service work. Walker-Wilson, his wife, Susanne, and their two children, 11-year-old […]
Walker-Wilson and family announce mission trip
Greg Walker-Wilson, the executive director of the Asheville nonprofit Mountain BizWorks, announced Thursday that he would move his family to South America later this year to enrich his family’s life experience and extend his service work.
The Biz: Building business from the ground up
If you’ve ventured into any small, local business recently—whether it was a restaurant, retail store or other establishment—there’s a fair chance the proprietor or service provider got his or her start through Mountain BizWorks’ Foundations program. Cradle of business: These are just a fraction of the local businesess created locally thanks to Mountain BizWorks’ Foundations […]