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Haywood Strong Grants for Flood-impacted Businesses Now Open for Donations and Applications

Haywood Strong Disaster Relief Fund is one of the initiatives created by the Haywood Business Support Task Force, a collaboration between the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce , The Mountain West Partnership, WCU and UNCA Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC), Mountain BizWorks, and Haywood Community College Small Business Center. This group formed soon after…

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Creating a Social Media Content Calendar

Prepared by Mountain BizWorks Business Coach, Aisha Adams This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License   Aisha Adams is an influencer with a heart for community economic development who champions social change advocates, thought leaders, and courageous disruptors. She is the founder and CEO of the Aisha Adams Media Group…

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What the PPP Flexibility Act Means for Small Business Owners

Late on Friday, June 5, President Trump officially signed the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act into law. The new law provided key concessions for borrowers to make the program more responsive to the conditions small businesses and their employees are facing during the COVID-19 crisis. Then, on Wednesday, June 10, the Small Business Administration…

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