Tap Into Technology

Asheville’s economic progress is evident in its developing technology sector, a true hot spot for innovative progress. The area’s pro-business entrepreneurial infrastructure has sparked significant development in areas of communications, software development, digital multimedia, technology commercialization, and fiber optic network development.

Clusters of innovation continue to flourish in the areas of environmental research and environmental sciences. One such focus is Asheville’s growing community of weather-related institutions focused on the field of atmospheric sciences and climatology, whose professionals specialize in meteorology, mathematics, statistics, environmental studies, botany, global information systems, digital media and information technology.

Asheville possesses tier2 broadband connectivity equal to North Carolina’s Research Triangle, a host of information-technology related companies, and access to extensive educational resources through our many universities and colleges.



Click on the links below to learn more about vital groups moving technology forward in the Asheville region.

BROCHURES

Asheville as a Climate Center

Asheville as a Digital Arts Center

Asheville as a Magnet for Knowledge-Based

MAP Brochure

Technology Brochure

CECI brochure


EDUCATION RESOURCES

The WNC Center for Technology Commercialization (WNCCTC)

Center for Integrated Technologies at Western Carolina University

WNC BioTech

Multimedia Arts & Sciences at UNC-Asheville

North Carolina State University's Industrial Extension Service

Advanced Machining Center at The Regional High Technology Center

Waste Reduction Partners

Education and Research Consortium

Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council

National Climatic Data Center

Meet the Geeks

Regional ISP Search

The Media Arts Project of WNC

Made in the Mountains Video


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