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• AB Tech Small Business Program and Incubator - www.abtech.edu/sbc/
     The Small Business Center provides free one-to-one counseling for business owners or prospective owners to assist them in getting started or with a specific area of concern. Counseling can cover a variety of topics ranging from licensing and marketing to patents and trademarks. We also offer a variety of resources and services to help businesses start and grow, including business incubation. The Business Incubator program at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is designed to provide companies maximum flexibility while working closely with them to identify areas of improvement and to assist in locating needed resources. The Business Incubator program is for a term of two years for most companies to grow in the incubator and then relocate into the surrounding community.


• Allen's Guide Kids and Teens - www.allensguide.com
     Summer camps and travel opportunities


• Asheville's Family Health & Science Museum - www.thehealthadventure.org/
     The Health Adventure, founded in 1968, is a health and science museum for children and today's families dedicated to improving health awareness, promoting wellness lifestyles, and increasing science literacy through programs and exhibits.


• Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Western North Carolina: - www.bbbswnc.org
     


• Blue Ridge Food Ventures - www.advantagewest.com/content.cfm/content_id/144/section/food
     Blue Ridge Food Ventures (BRFV), an initiative of AdvantageWest Economic Development Group and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, is a shared-use, value-added food processing center centrally located in Asheville to serve food entrepreneurs throughout western North Carolina. It provides services to those wishing to start or grow small businesses in the food industry, to local farmers who wish to add value to their products through processing, and to caterers and bakers needing a certified kitchen. This regional “kitchen incubator,” a first for North Carolina, joins others throughout the U.S. in spurring the development of small businesses, promoting local agriculture and creating jobs.


• Buncombe County Public Libraries - www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Library/
     We offer the traditional public library menu of services, including lending books, tapes, videos and other materials, providing reference and reader's advisory services, and programming for both children and adults.


• Campaign for Real Beauty - www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca
     We developed the Dove Self-Esteem Fund to make real change in the way women and young girls perceive and embrace beauty. We want to help free ourselves and the next generation from beauty stereotypes.


• Explore! Beyond School - www.explorebeyondschool.com
     Trusted source for enrichment education for students


• Full Spectrum Farms - www.fullspectrumfarms.org
     Full Spectrum Farms will serve adults with autism in WNC by providing a farm community where affected individuals can live and work in a healthy, enriching environment. Independence will be fostered through meaningful work, recreation, and community involvement.


• Heartstone - www.warren-wilson.edu
     HEARTSTONE a journal of the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College. The Environmental Leadership Center is determined to foster the dialog, develop the leaders, and apply the practices required to implement systemic change. Its vision is global, its focus is regional, and its initiatives are action-oriented and designed to inform the beliefs, policies, and practices of citizens at all levels of involvement in the most pressing environmental issues.


• Kids Gardening - www.kidsgardening.com/
     Helping young minds grow


• NC 4-H Youth Development - www.ces.ncsu.edu
     Links for things of interest to kids


• The Dogwood Alliance - www.dogwoodalliance.org
     Dogwood Alliance is the only organization in the South holding corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial forestry practices on our forests and our communities. Through a combination of persistent grassroots pressure and skillful negotiation, we achieve the results necessary to create real and lasting protection for Southern forests.


• The Health Adventure - www.health-adventure.com
     Family Health and Science Museum


• The Literacy Council of Buncombe County - www.litcouncil.com
     Did you know that more than 40,000 adults in Buncombe County are in need of basic skills and instruction to learn English?


• The Urban News and Observer - www.theurbannews.com
     Gateway to the Multicultural Community


• WNC Nature Center - www.wildWNC.org
     Diverse wildlife, trails, indoor exhibits, farm animals