Excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times:
Federal Reserve official sees slow, steady growth ahead.
After a two-day visit to the area, Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, found plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Asheville’s economy. “You read about Asheville, its beer and restaurants. You read a little deeper and you hear about its advanced manufacturing, but I was impressed by the entrepreneurial drive here. It’s a broader, deeper, more diverse economy than I had expected,” Lacker said.
Entrepreneur Meg Ragland was singled out by Lacker for her winning business Plum Print, which turns children’s artwork into unique coffee table books for proud parents. On Wednesday, Plum Print was plugged as a good investment on the financial cable network CNBC. Tom Tveidt, a local economic analyst who runs Syneva Economics, said, “Entrepreneurs are especially important. He [Jeffrey] also saw that we have a cohesive community that works together.”
Read the full Citizen-Times article.
One area Venture Asheville is working to address is helping our startups find the talent they need to grow. President Lacker’s visit provided an opportunity for a frank discussion about these issues at the Entrepreneur’s Roundtable moderated by Venture Asheville’s Josh Dorfman. Read more in the Mountain Xpress.
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