Can other cities learn a lesson from Asheville’s new emphasis on business innovators and start-up risk-takers?
The National League of Cities is blogging today about Asheville as a case study for best practices in promoting entrepreneurship.
Asheville economic developers were invited to present at a panel discussion along with Boston and Beaverton, Ore., a Portland suburb, at the annual Congress of Cities held in Boston in late November.
Ben Teague, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition of Asheville-Buncombe County, and Pam Lewis, the coalition’s director of entrepreneurship, outlined what Asheville is doing differently to create “an entrepreneurial eco-system.”
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