Forbes Best Places - Asheville #6 for Business & Careers

This year Forbes rates Asheville #6 on their list of Best Places for Business & Careers.

According to their summary, we also rank in the top 100 for costs of doing business (#2), cost of living (#94), job growth (#39), and income growth (#41).

You can learn more about Asheville, and other city rankings by visiting the link above!

If you are considering relocating, check out the Asheville Chamber Web site for a relocation guide, and contact us at Carolina Mornings to book a reservation for checking out the city!

Carolina Mornings gets an A+ rating at the Better Business Bureau

A photo from our Asheville Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony in 2007.

We've been proud members of the Asheville Business Bureau since December of 2007. We recently received a copy of a report the BBB sent in response to a inquiry about our company. We're pretty proud of ourselves for this profile and wanted to share! (We try to stay modest, we promise, but we can't help but spread the good news about Carolina Mornings!)

From the BBB profile:

Rating: A+
Our opinion of what this rating means:
An exemplary rating. This means that nothing in our files causes us to have any doubt about the company’s reliability.

Carolina Mornings receives Sky High Growth Award

We are really proud to say that for the second year running, Carolina Mornings has been honored by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce with a Sky High Growth Award.

The Sky High Growth Award recognizes small businesses that have grown and expanded in several areas over the previous year. The fortunate combination of endless entrepreneurial spirit from our owner Shari, hard work and contributions from our entire team, and maybe a bit of luck have allowed Carolina Mornings to grow and keep growing over the last 10+ years.

Thank you, Asheville Chamber, for recognizing us!

Here is Larry (first person on left), our Director of Property Management & Broker-in-Charge, accepting the award for Carolina Mornings:
photo from the Asheville Chamber's Flickr album of the event.

Gas Shortage Update from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce

The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce is working with government officials and oil industry representatives to maintain open communication regarding the current gas situation. As part of our efforts, we want to share some key message points that can be conveyed to your employees, customers and any out-of-town visitors or clients.

• Fuel supplies should be increasing throughout the next week and, hopefully, returning to normal by late next week. Already, some stations are reporting a small increase in gas allotments.
• The Chamber, along with local government, continues to encourage residents to only purchase the gas they need. Motorists should refrain from hoarding gas supplies, so that other community members will have access to fuel as well.
• Updated information about availability can be found at:
  • Asheville Citizen Times
  • Mountain Express
  • GasBuddy.com

For those communicating with visitors or clients from out-of-town, consider sharing the following message:

• Like other parts of the South, the Asheville area has experienced fuel supply issues this week. Although gas allotments are increasing daily, we recommend visitors to the area, purchase fuel before arriving in Asheville to avoid possible lines in this region.
• We anticipate that supplies will return to more normal levels next week.
• Once in town Asheville's visitors can visit Exploreasheville.com to find Fall Gas Saving Adventures and Park Your Car Itineraries.
  • Fall Gas Saving Adventures
  • Park Your Car Itineraries

Even as supplies increase conservation and reduction measures will aid in returning supplies to normal. Governor Mike Easley assured residents today stating, "This is a temporary shortage. We have been assured by the oil companies that some supplies are on their way today and larger additional supplies are expected through the pipeline very soon."

Drivers should eliminate non-essential trips, car pool when possible, and take advantage of alternate transportation such as public transit (ashvillenc.gov), walking, or bicycle riding.

For up to date information on the gasoline shortage please visit the City of Asheville news page.