Gordon Smith has served 1 year on the Asheville City Council and has done an outstanding job. This is his web site and you can just click on it to get his latest thinking and actions. At a Democratic gathering last night he urged people to pick candidates to support in the up-coming election and get involved . http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/06/will-somebody-please-revive-wncs-manufacturing-economy/
Continue reading →Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Proiect www.asapconnections.org/ Locate a local farmer’s market near you and the time and day. You might be interested in some of the other information on the site. Farmer’s Market www.ncagr.gov/markets/facilities/markets/asheville/index.htm Makes a great trip to their year around market , their produce and plants are trucked in from all over. You will enjoy the visits and many good values can make … Continue reading →
Current Health Resources we use. Dr. William J. Claiborne,P.A. Dentist Directory Dr. Terri Lechner Chiropractic www.necknbackpain.com Carepartners Orthotics&Prosthetics Carepartners.org ARP Addiction Recovery & Prevention www.arpnc.org Mahec Family Health Center www.mahec.net
Continue reading →Keep a “dream journal”. You can access this journal as a source of information about your mental health, your physical health, your friends & family, your finances, and anything else which you’re ignoring in your waking life. It’s like having a very perceptive friend who will tell you what you need to know, even if you don’t want to hear it ! It does take practice to interpret your dreams. … Continue reading →
This not spam, these are products you can purchase to help the American economy or information you might use The following links are just a start. If you can provide additional links please add a comment to this message, so they can be added. Texas Jeans Farm tools Worth a try? I ‘m just passing this along! I want to ask each of you to consider doing the following when … Continue reading →
The following are 19 facts about the deindustrialization of America that will blow your mind…. #1 The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since 2001. About 75 percent of those factories employed over 500 people when they were still in operation. #2 Dell Inc., one of America s largest manufacturers of computers, has announced plans to dramatically expand its operations in China with an investment of over $100 billion … Continue reading →
Manna Foodbank supplies food to 1 in every 6 families in Western North Carolina it is located in Asheville NC. We have far too many people who need help from the foodbank. If you are able to make a contribution now is the time. Most people have needed a hand at one time or another, be grateful when you can give instead of receiving.
Continue reading →I currently belong to the coop and enjoy the fresh produce and the hard working, caring staff. This coop represents the potential model for starting new cooperative adventures. I want to learn how being a coop affects workers and how they impact decision making within the organization. Your feedback is welcome, If you are retired plant manager or a unemployed person with simular experience we need your input. People with … Continue reading →
Take the refrigerator for instance, if you wanted to build a product that was equal to a refrigerator without the patent restrictions. You might change the way it looks and the way it is built. Changes that would improve the product but retain the function, Maybe someone knows how to do this? I would like to start co-ops where 10 to 100 employee owned facilities could create products for an … Continue reading →
I believe we’ve lost too many industrial jobs in our country. We need to inventory available industrial facilities within the http://ashevilleprogressive.com/site/ Asheville, NC area and inventory potential products that we might find desirable to produce in and around our local area. Where-ever possible these industrial projects should be employee-owned and operated. Ideally, they should be sized at 100 or less employees. People with skills, ideas, or passion in any of … Continue reading →