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Comments From Alumni

Mountain BizWorks has helped with business planning, cash flow analysis, and given inspiration to be the best small business I can.

Mike Adcock - Adcock's Painting Services

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Fitness Masters
Category: Health - Fitness/Exercise
Angela Vaughan

Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: (828)808-2427
Email: angeladeev@msn.com

We provide private one-on-one fitness training, semi-private, group instruction, and wellness education seminars on location and we travel to YOU. All trainers are certified and continue their education throughout the year.

Lail Express
Category: Health - Fitness/Exercise
Karen Lail
764 Brown Avenue
Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: (828)452-2461
Email: lailexpress@bellsouth.net

Dry goods trucking for southern WNC.

Visit our online directory for a complete listing of alumni-owned and operated businesses!

WHO ARE WE?

For two decades, Mountain BizWorks has provided training, coaching, and lending services to start-up and existing businesses in the twelve western-most counties of North Carolina. We focus on access for all types of entrepreneurs including low-income individuals and minorities who sometimes face barriers to business ownership. Mountain BizWorks' programs and services help entrepreneurs to demystify and overcome the difficulties associated with starting or expanding a business. ::Learn More::

In 2008, Mountain BizWorks was able to provide its services to 988 entrepreneurs (65% were low-income, 61% were women, 22% were racial or ethnic minorities)

Those individuals created 159 businesses and expanded 310 businesses.

In turn, those businesses created 292 jobs and sustained 780 jobs.

We also made 64 loans totaling almost $1,002,000 and leveraging $1.3 Million.

WHAT DO WE DO?

We guide entrepreneurs through the process of creating or enhancing their business plans. ::Learn More::

Our clients can receive one-on-one business coaching to help them overcome all the obstacles of creating or expanding their businesses. ::Learn More::

We can loan up to $50,000 to entrepreneurs who need capital to open or expand their businesses. ::Learn More::

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We depend on philanthropy to help us create the American Dream for our clients. With your contribution, Western North Carolina's entrepreneurs will become successful business owners. ::Learn More::

 Donate money now by going to JustGive.org, a non-profit organization that connects people with the charities and causes they care about.

Contact Stephen Jones, our Development Director, to learn how your donation will make a difference.

With a minimum $1,000 Investment Note, you can earn up to 3% interest while helping to capitalize small businesses in your community. ::Learn More::

 

Stephanie and David Wilson - Casa dei Bambini: House of the Child - Asheville

Alumni Spotlights

Casa dei Bambini: House of the Child is a bilingual village school with two communities – the toddler community is for ages 18-36 months and the preschool area is for 3-6 years. The center’s philosophy is that of a bilingual, family centered, and early childhood evidence-based practices approach. The school embraces hands-on experiential learning practices from many early childhood philosophies including Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf (Steiner). The program includes a dual language immersion approach where half of the day is spent speaking Spanish and the other half speaking English. This facilitates the acquisition of a second language for both English and Spanish speaking children.

Since opening in September 2005, the school has grown to a staff of eight full-time employees with 60 students and a waiting list. The program runs year-round and the hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., with extended care until 5:30 p.m. For more information on Casa dei Bambini: House of the Child, visit their website www.houseofthechild.org or call 828-254-CASA.