About 50 people listen to Bill Dorfman’s entrepreneurial pitch and ask questions at the inaugural Pitch for Pitchers event at Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville last week. Sponsored by Venture Asheville, five entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to the crowd in hopes…

About 50 people listen to Bill Dorfman’s entrepreneurial pitch and ask questions at the inaugural Pitch for Pitchers event at Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville last week. Sponsored by Venture Asheville, five entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to the crowd in hopes…

About 50 people listen to Bill Dorfman’s entrepreneurial pitch and ask questions at the inaugural Pitch for Pitchers event at Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville last week. Sponsored by Venture Asheville, five entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to the crowd in hopes…

In the months prior, amid much public speculation, SAB owners Andy and Kelly Cubbin weren’t sure exactly where one of the country’s most revered craft breweries was going to establish its world-class brewery, but the Cubbins knew it would be…

From the TDA, the owners of The Orange Peel won a $250,000 loan guarantee and $50,000 grant in 2009 for improvements to the music venue, including an increase in the audience capacity to 1,100.(Photo: Citizen-Times file photo) ASHEVILLE – Think…

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2015 will bring changes on airplanes, aboard cruise ships and in hotels, and South Florida is expected to benefit. Travel trends will include more millennial and business travel, more river cruises, increased mobile usage, and longer and higher-priced hotel stays.…

Breah Parker was the first person to speak at the TEDxAsheville event in 2010. Her great idea was all based upon being yourself. Five years later, the future of the TEDxAsheville event is in question.(Photo: Citizen-Times file photo) ASHEVILLE –…

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Buy Photo Plans for retail development are back on for the Enka Center on the old BASF property.(Photo: John Boyle/jboyle@citizen-times.com)Buy Photo Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: I was riding on Smoky Park…