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. www.climatealive.org
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
Advanced Manufacturing in Buncombe County Fact Sheet
MAP Brochure
Technology Brochure
CECI brochure
EDUCATION RESOURCES
The WNC Center for Technology Commercialization (WNCCTC)
Center for Rapid Product Realization
NC BioNetwork
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
NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Meet the Geeks
Regional ISP Search
The Media Arts Project of WNC
WNC .NET Developers Guild
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