Asheville North Carolina Business Brings Many Newcomers to Area
Of all the visitors to Asheville North Carolina for tourism, quite a few may also spend time during their stay here to check out business and job opportunities.
Forbes Magazine has ranked the city as one of the nation’s “Best Places for Business and Careers.” And while the area has been hit hard like many regions by the recession, it has a solid foundation in the health care, manufacturing, construction, business services, and leisure and tourism sectors. The loss of 8,100 jobs from July 2008 to July 2009 occurred mostly in the business services and manufacturing sectors. These job losses came on the heels of 51 consecutive months of job growth for Asheville North Carolina.
In an article in Asheville’s Mountain Express on July 22, 2009, Tom Tveit seemed cautious but optimistic; noting in particular the Hotel Indigo project downtown and the Antler Hill Village project on the Biltmore Estate should begin to have a positive effect on the local economy.
One of the reasons Asheville North Carolina is faring relatively well is the positive buzz about the area nationwide. The city is increasingly known for its vibrant arts and culture scene as well as being long-known as a vacation destination with all of the attractions in the western North Carolina mountains.
Some entrepreneurs are betting that the restaurant business is their ticket to success in the local market. A few local restaurants have closed but new ones are opening.
The continued revitalization of the Haywood Road area in west Asheville has included several new spots including Universal Joint, Short Street Cakes, a second location of Izzy’s Coffee Den and Waking Life Expresso.
On Tunnel Road in east Asheville, Papa’s and Beer is doing well.
The long-popular Tupelo Honey Café in downtown Asheville says it will soon open a second location on Hendersonville Road.
New nightspots in downtown Asheville North Carolina include Sazerac on Broadway, Lexington Avenue Brewery in the T.S. Morrison building, and the Craggie Brewery on Hilliard Ave. In west Asheville, the Desoto Lounge recently opened in the El Dorado Building on Haywood Road.
Still, job seekers may have to keep western North Carolina as a good place to visit but not a place to live for the time being. The unemployment rate in December was 8.6 percent. A recent job fair at the Biltmore Square Mall drew some 2,000 job seekers and a long line of cars making their way into the parking lot.
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