Mountain BizWorks, in partnership with the WNC: Made by Mountains Partnership, the NC Outdoor Economy Office and the Outdoor Business Alliance of WNC, is excited to launch a second cohort of the Waypoint Resilience Program. The kick-off event welcomed 13 outdoor industry businesses committed to recovery and long-term growth following Hurricane Helene. The program provides…
Mountain BizWorks is celebrating a decade of ScaleUp as it opens applications for the fourteenth cohort of the transformative program. Designed to help existing small businesses reach their growth potential across Western North Carolina, ScaleUp has served more than 200 growing companies across 13 cohorts since its 2015 launch. The program is open to founders…
One year post-Hurricane Helene, Mountain BizWorks is pleased to announce new investments in regional, long-term small business recovery. Gifts of $1.4 million from the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) Disaster Relief Fund, and $180,000 from Appalachian Community Capital, plus a $2 million recovery loan capital from Bank of America will address ongoing small business resilience…
The 2025 Local Business Impact Survey found 93% of small businesses have reopened post-Helene, but needs are emerging around flexible capital, lack of commercial real estate, revenue recovery, and infrastructure restoration. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Mountain BizWorks’ Local Business Impact Survey (LBIS). That’s 3,580 entrepreneurs making their voices heard through their daily…
Last week at a celebratory kick-off, Mountain BizWorks, along with partners Made by Mountains, the Outdoor Business Alliance of WNC and the NC Outdoor Economy Office, welcomed 20 entrepreneurs into the Waypoint Resilience Cohort. The program aims to help outdoor industry businesses rebuild from Helene, problem-solve with peers and experts, and chart a course for…
Mountain BizWorks’ Rural Rebuilding Together Grant Fund has provided $2,391,295 in grant funding to 149 small businesses in 15 heavily hurricane-impacted rural downtowns. Because a thriving downtown benefits the entire community, small businesses in Bakersville, Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Canton, Chimney Rock, Hot Springs, Lake Lure, Lansing, Marshall, Newland, Old Fort, South Toe, Spruce Pine,…
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