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Closing out summer with Chamber Classic Golf Tournament
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In the last official week of summer, gorgeous weather greeted members of Asheville's business community for a day of golf at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove. Golfers, sponsors and volunteers made connections while enjoying a beautiful day. The annual tournament is one of the Chamber's largest fundraisers supporting our mission of building community through business.
Congratulations to overall tournament champions Wicked Weed Brewing (Ryan Guthy, Justin Crouch, Nate Smith and Rob Robinson) and second place overall Ken Wilson Ford (John Schmidt, Ronnie Dillingham, Hugh Yarborough and Jeff Pruitt).
View photos from the event
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Thank you to our sponsors for your support in making this a great event: presenting sponsors Coldwell Banker King and Build Carolina along with Highland Brewing, Luella's Bar-B-Que, Sciteck, Asheville Radio Group, Hyatt Place, Pepsi, Beverly-Hanks & Associates, Moody Plumbing, Arcadia Beverage, Altamus, CleanEnvironments, Jos. A Bank, Clarus, NOVA, Big Frog, Insurance Service of Asheville, Atlantic Bay Mortgage, Asheville Ford, The Blood Connection, Nationwide - McKinney Insurance Services, Citizen-Times, Bojangles, Oppenheimer, FASTSIGNS of Asheville, Asheville Elks Lodge, Asheville Outlets, Sam's Club and Blue Moon Water.
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Local Partners Collaborate to Purchase Creative Vitality Suite
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A local partnership has worked together to acquire a new data tool for the arts called Creative Vitality Suite (CV Suite). CV Suite helps quantify the economic activity of arts in the local economy, provides data to add insight about the region’s creative sector, and helps measure change. The software was developed by Westaf, an organization partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, whose goals are dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. The organizations include Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce/EDC, City of Asheville, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, River Arts District Artists, and UNC Asheville. The software incorporates a Creative Vitality Index that measures for-profit and nonprofit activity and shows Asheville Metro has a strong creative economy compared to the state of North Carolina. In 2015 Asheville showed 44% more creative activity per capita than the rest of the state using Westaf’s criteria, a good starting point for further investigation. For the Asheville Area Chamber, contact Heidi Reiber for more information.
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Early voting for City primary open
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Early voting starts Sept. 21st for the City primary. Twelve individuals filed their intent to run for City Council in the 2017 primary. The Oct. 10th primary will narrow the field to six candidates on the ballot for the general election in November vying for three seats on Asheville City Council.
Our recent survey of the 2017 Asheville City Council candidates gives you information on where the candidates stand on issues of importance to the business community.
Please read the candidate responses as you consider your vote.
2017 Asheville City Council Candidate Survey
For early voting times, location and other voter services, visit Buncombe County Election Services
Primary FAQs from Citizen-Times
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Asheville Chamber map ad sales underway
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We are pleased to be working with cartographic and marketing firm Target Marketing Inc. to publish a new, up-to-date, full color Asheville Street Map and Resource Guide. Members have an opportunity to include an advertisement on the new map. More than 14,000 maps will be printed and will be available for about 24 months. For more information about advertising on the map, contact Target Marketing at 800-933-3909.
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| | Railroads & Regional Economic Development Conference
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| | Ribbon Cutting for Riveroak Fitness
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4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | 125 S. Lexington Ave., Suite 102-A, Asheville 28801 | Details
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| | Smart Series - Social Media: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
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| | Mega Networking - Fall 2017
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8:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Asheville Sun Soo Martial Arts, 1009 Patton Ave., Asheville 28806
Registration Link
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| | Legislative Wrap-Up Breakfast
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| | Economic Summit Asheville
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7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Asheville US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. | Details
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| | 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Crowne Plaza Expo Center | 1 Resort Dr., Asheville | Details
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