The Economic Development Coalition has been involved with such success stories as luring New Belgium Brewing to Asheville.(Photo: Courtesy New Belgium Brewing) ASHEVILLE – A relatively small piece of city taxpayer funding for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce turned…

Asheville is one of five communities selected statewide to participate in InnovateNC(Photo: Citizen-Times File) Note: To participate in interactive votes as they appear onscreen, point your phone or browser to www.pollev.com/asheville now. Votes will appear automatically throughout the forum. As development…

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Buy Photo Stephanie Moore, director of the Center for Craft, Creativity Design, stands next to the Made in WNC exhibit Wednesday November 4, 2015.(Photo: Maddy Jones/mjones@citizen-times.com)Buy Photo An arts campus that would provide space for craftspeople, artists and designers to…

“We’re all in this together,” said John Henritze, co-owner of Johnson City’s soon-to-open JRH Brewing, told Press staff writer Tony Casey last month Those who want to explore the trail and sample the brews are encouraged to go to the…

Art League opening members show today The Art League of Henderson County will hold its 2015 Annual Fall Members Art Show, starting today and running through Jan. 7 at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. An opening reception will be…

Buy Photo John Winkenwerder, a local resident who runs a company that owns three Hampton Inn hotels and a Homewood Suites by Hilton, says tourism has been a benefit to Asheville. He stands in his company’s Hampton Inn on Tunnel…

There’s a joke going around that the newly-elected members of Asheville City Council should push for an official city bird. The crane. Those lifting machines (not the bird) are ubiquitous, busily transforming the city’s skyline as Asheville experiences a wave…

(Photo: Citizen-Times photo) As development booms, it’s easy to forget that our economy isn’t robust – or even stable – for everyone. Asheville has shifted to an economy that relies heavily on tourism and hospitality, industries without high salaries. Our…

The Colburn Earth Science Museum, soon to be renamed The Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS), is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA). The funding will enable the museum…