Written by Lauren Stepp Local Experts Share Tips for Beginning Your Garden When Jason Contreras was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2010, just months after his thirtieth birthday,…
Current Edition
The World Is His Oyster
Written by Bill Kopp | Photos by Evan Anderson Eric Scheffer’s Winding Path to the Top of Asheville’s Food Chain At first glance, developing skills in prestidigitation, making music videos, and…
Human Resources is for Everyone
Written by Stephen H. Murphy Why Even Small Businesses Should Invest in HR Why is HR important? Good question. A potential client once told me they didn’t have a human…
Ancient Art Modern Artist
Written by Emily Glaser | Photos by Anthony Harden Christopher Holt on Reviving an Art Form—and a Community Christopher Holt is a rarity in Western North Carolina: a native. “Often…
Constant Change
Written by Talli C. Roberts On Navigating Shifts in Ownership as a Small Business Small business ownership and entrepreneurship are not for the faint of heart. Who would give up…
Humble Beginnings
Written by Emily Glaser | Photos by Evan Anderson HomeTrust Bank Stays True to Its Roots, Even in Multi-State Growth Dana Stonestreet attends every new employee orientation of HomeTrust Bank,…
A Sugarcoated Company
Written by Jim Murphy | Photos by Evan Anderson After Three Generations of Chocolatiers, the Baxley’s Set Up Shop in Sylva Main Street in Sylva presents an appealing image of Norman Rockwell…
Real Estate Year in Review 2020
Written by Bill Fishburne Rising Sales & Prices Shattered Expectations Across the Region The year 20201 was an Annus horribilis. Any year in which a pandemic such as the flu…
Home Sweet Appalachia
Written by Lauren Stepp Our Guide to Buying and Selling Western North Carolina Residential Real Estate These mountains didn’t always have curb appeal. Steep and wild, Western North Carolina was…
What it Takes to get to 100 Years
Written by Wendy Boe The Lessons MB HAYNES Learned Through a Century of Business Are Applicable to Small Businesses Everywhere The 1920s, a period of vital economic growth, was dubbed…