Page 2 - Mountain Area Workforce Development News Today

Henderson County (Mar 15, 2022) - Mountain Area Workforce Development is hosting the "Excellence in Public Service Job Fair" 1-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the WNC Agricultural Center’s Virginia Boone Building in Fletcher.

Asheville is used to starring on myriad "best places" lists, but this week it made a worst place to live list, based on wages and livability.

As the annual rebirth of tourism swells traffic downtown and beyond, restaurants typically ramp up staffing and extend hours. This year is unlike any other, though, as the dining spots battle lingering Covid fears, compete with one another for the limited supply of labor and confront the challenge from congressional action that made  staying home more financially appealing. Renzo’s Ristorante, at the corner of North Main and Fifth Avenue, has not managed to overcome the challenges yet. At Re...

Amid the throng of 140,000 trade exhibitors and shoppers at the show in the spring of 2019, a team of North Carolina industrial recruiters sought out Pratt & Whitney representatives and had a moment to chat. Word had gotten out that a major net engine maker was looking to site a major new plant, and the economic development team from the Tar Heel state knew that landing the company would be big.  "It was more of a ‘fit and feel’ situation, as much art as science,” Chris Chung, president ...

Amid the throng of 140,000 trade exhibitors and shoppers at the show in the spring of 2019, a team of North Carolina industrial recruiters sought out Pratt & Whitney representatives and had a moment to chat. Word had gotten out that a major net engine maker was looking to site a major new plant, and the economic development team from the Tar Heel state knew that landing the company would be big.  "It was more of a ‘fit and feel’ situation, as much art as science,” Chris Chung, president ...

Whats ahead for Asheville in 2021? Will tourism, economy, jobs rebound? John Boyle, Mackensy Lunsford and Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Construction continues at Sycamore Cottages, a 130-home subdivision in the Fletcher area above Smileys Flea Market, on Oct. 16, 2020. Lets be brutally honest here: 2020 was a year for the wastebasket — or maybe a certain flushable device. Popular Searches The global pandemic shut...