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Haywood County Economic Development - What's Needed And What's Realistic

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published May 12, 2017 at 1:07 PM EDT

Buncombe County's larger population gives it advantages in economic development its smaller neighbors in Western North Carolina don't have.  So what's there to do for those counties?  Smoky Mountain News reporter Corey Vaillancourt has been looking at what Haywood County has been doing.  He joined BPR's Matt Bush to discuss the county's need for workforce development, the importance of the Appalachian Regional Commission in economic development in Western North Carolina, and one example of Haywood County getting a business to relocate from Buncombe County.  
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Local News Haywood CountyEconomic DevelopmentSmoky Mountain NewsBPR NewsAppalachian Regional Commission
Matt Bush
Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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