In honor of the fall Craft Your Commerce series starting next month, we’re showcasing a fresh creative business. Torched, a metalsmithing school and studio, offers jewelry classes and studio space…
Meet the Dreamer: Meredith Tibjash, Torched

In honor of the fall Craft Your Commerce series starting next month, we’re showcasing a fresh creative business. Torched, a metalsmithing school and studio, offers jewelry classes and studio space…
Mountain BizWorks’ fall 2023 Craft Your Commerce series, Investing for Creatives, aims to encourage and empower creative entrepreneurs with the financial knowledge and resources to build the future of their…
Entrepreneurial Perspectives on Real Estate, B2B Connections, and Succession Planning in Western North Carolina Every summer, Mountain BizWorks conducts the Local Business Impact Survey to better understand the current state…
Family inspired Darë Vegan Cheese (pronounced “dairy”). Gwendolyn Dare Hageman grew up chatting around a block of grocery cheddar and crackers – her dad’s favorite snack. When her sister went…
Wildwood Community Market opened in June 2022, and relationships have been at the center from the earliest planning stages. Joe Mager, who co-owns Wildwood with his wife Bryony Renouf, shares…
Opportunity Appalachia, a project of Appalachian Community Capital, is hosting a virtual investor convening on May 31 – June 1, 2023. Registration is open for investors, funders, project developers, business…