Innovation and growth companies are a focus of the new 5-year job creation goals for AVL 5×5 Vision 2020, announced last week by the Economic Development Coalition. Venture Asheville’s role will be to facilitate 50 new high-growth companies headquartered in Asheville and $10 million in new equity investment by 2020. Also in the 5-year goals: create 3,000 new direct jobs with an average annual wage of $50,000.
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