Western North Carolina Gets It

A recent economic forum in Asheville summed up the mountain region's future economic prospects in one word: Knowledge!

"We keep harping on this, but it's knowledge," said Jim Roberts, executive director of the Mountain Council for Economic Development and the Blue Ridge Angels Investor Network. "There are no low-tech industries anymore, just low-tech companies in high-tech industries."

Jim, you are so right.

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