Calendar of Events

Come join us for the November Business After Hours at Melting Pot Social! They will be serving up Cheese fondue, raclette burger sliders, 6 cheese mac tartlettes, buttermillk chicken & waffle skewers, chocolate fondue, beer and wine. Sip worthy cocktails available for purchase at the bar. Make some new business connections with other Chamber members. Feel free to bring a gift that will be raffled off as door prizes through the evening. Bring your business cards for networking and so you have a chance to win!!!  Melting Pot Social will giveaway a MeltSO basket containing gift cards, a shirt, and more! They will also be offering a gift to all attendees.

Dip into their social dining experience, where they come together over whimsical cocktails and curated bites. From their Kindred Creamery cheddar fondue, to their Sugarlands Root Beer Moonshine, they source only the best quality ingredients. Share dips, pics, and laughs with your favorite people. It’s okay if you crave cheese tonight and soup with salad tomorrow, they’ve got you covered with mouth-watering chocolate and cheese fondues, and so much more! Flambé flatbreads, mouth-watering melted sandwiches, fresh salads, and brunch. They are all about ooey-gooey, cheesy goodness, and inventive cocktails and local craft beer.

Create your own fondue curations with their pick sheet menu, or let their expert chefs recommendations delight you. You’ll discover your whimsical side as you select your own adventure, and sink into perfectly paired bites and sips. Melting Pot Social offers new ways to dip. Creatively plating sharable bites and fondue in a place where it’s not only all right to play with your food – it’s encouraged. Launched in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, their menu goes way beyond fondue. Come melt with them, no reservations required!

Convenient, ample, covered parking is available behind Melting Pot Social at the 11 Sears Alley Parking Garage. Parking is $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour. When parking at the 11 Sears Alley Parking Garage, use their rear restaurant entrance on Commerce Street. Just look for the giant painted mural with their logo, near the corner of Commerce St. and Buncombe St.

This event is offered as a benefit for Chamber membership and no registration is necessary. If you’re considering Chamber membership and would like to attend this event we welcome you to come and check us out! Please contact Jessica Kanupp, our Membership Development Specialist, at [email protected]

Buncombe County is an area of high transmission. In accordance with CDC guidelines and to maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or

Join us for Speed Coaching featuring Certified Coaches Wanda Marie and Lesley King. They are both experienced in Business and Life Coaching. To learn more about them, visit CoachWandaMarie.com and LesleyKingEmpower.com. To learn more about the event, visit plrconnectevents.com

September-November 2021 (6 Thursdays/Fridays) Create an online marketing communications strategy and powerhouse digital toolbox by completing six, full-day workshops taught by expert marketing and public relations professionals. Gain new insights into PR & marketing strategy, branding, budgeting, online content creation, video creation and use and social media.

In the market for a new job, looking to change careers, or know someone who is looking for a job? Then make sure to attend Buncombe County’s upcoming job fair. Multiple County departments will be on hand letting you know about what it’s like to work for Buncombe with current openings in human resources, social work, public libraries, law enforcement, the detention facility, information technology, medical office work, nurses, justice services, and more. The event will be kid friendly and even have interviews conducted on site with all levels of positions hiring.

Benefits with a County job:

• Generous vacation, sick, healthy, and personal leave hours that do not expire
• Very competitive health, dental, and vision Insurance (including free preventative screenings)
• Thirteen paid County holidays
• Home Down Payment Assistance Program
• Employee Health Clinic with prescription assistance
• Free unlimited physical therapy
• Longevity pay
• Life insurance
• County discounts
• Free Wellness program
• 8% Employer Contribution to 401(k)
• Retirement pension plan through NC Retirement System
• Eligibility for State Employee Local Credit Union membership
• And more

What: Buncombe County Job Fair

When: Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: 40 Coxe Ave. (Health and Human Services Building), downtown Asheville. Free parking is available

Buncombe County realizes the importance of a diverse professional workforce and the need to foster a responsive and innovative organizational culture that fully engages all our employees by honoring and building on each employee’s unique experiences, opinions, and perspective.

Join our team and make a real difference by doing important work in our community. See what job openings are currently open and fill out an application to expedite your interview process by visiting buncombecounty.org/careers.

Our Foundations business planning class helps guide ideas from concept to reality in a participatory, supportive learning environment.

Join a cohort of aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to gain an aerial perspective of your vision and the comprehensive business skills necessary to help bring your visions into reality. Participants will gain a clear aerial perspective of their business operations, financials, research and development, and marketing strategies. They will leave the course with a comprehensive business plan, a clear vision for their business, and concrete tasks for future work.

Throughout the class, emphasis will be placed on developing the social capital of the group. Participants will be encouraged to gather feedback from their peers, creating a strong network of deep support and synergy. For more info, visit the Foundations Business Planning overview page.

Hey Asheville women! Are you a coder, a developer, a designer, an architect of information? This is a group for Asheville women in tech who want a collaborative and supportive space to bring projects to workshops, participate in tutorials facilitated by other members, spark new ideas, write practice code, and develop cool stuff. Maybe (like me) you’re just getting started, and you wish you could bounce ideas off someone, or just ask them how to center that block of text on the page? You should come! We’ll work it out together. Or maybe you’re a veteran web developer who thinks rookies are brave (possibly foolish) souls with no idea what they’re getting into? Please come tell us all the things you wish someone had told you! Let’s skill-share, meet other women in the biz, learn new things, and give each other a leg up!

We’re on Slack!

• Lisa Adkins, VP of Advancement – Blue Ridge Community College Education Foundation , providing updates on the Foundation and new construction.

• Julie Goodwin, Regional Director – Better Business Bureau, providing an update on current scams and how to prevent and stop robo calls.

• Marcus Jones, County Engineer – Henderson County, providing an update on the Ecusta Trail and the impact on Hendersonville and Western North Carolina.

Celebrate the the 2021 graduates of ScaleUp WNC and Invested program during  the Mountain Raise Live Offering event. Join us for the showcase portion to demo local products, then listen in during the Investment and Crowd Funding live pitches as company owners share investment opportunities that anyone in the room can get a stake in. Drinks and tasty bites will be provided.

Find full details and tickets at: mountainraise.org.

September-November 2021 (6 Thursdays/Fridays) Create an online marketing communications strategy and powerhouse digital toolbox by completing six, full-day workshops taught by expert marketing and public relations professionals. Gain new insights into PR & marketing strategy, branding, budgeting, online content creation, video creation and use and social media.

With the expansion of remote work and distributed teams in the age of Covid, there is a growing need for cyber readiness among small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). This presentation will highlight current cybersecurity trends and threats facing SMBs, and how these threats can be prevented. Register now for this workshop that will analyze a real-world case study and examine how cyber readiness is not just about technology, but about establishing prudent business procedures. A short cyber readiness quiz will be given to assess cybersecurity awareness. We will then explore the top cyber threats facing SMBs today and discuss practical ways to prevent cyber incidents. Finally, we will examine business practices that will help maintain cyber readiness for SMBs going forward. Topics explored include: Cyber Incidents-Not a matter of if, but when; Current Case Analysis; A Cyber Self-Check; Top Cyber Threats Facing SMBs; Preventing and Responding to Cyber Attacks; Maintaining Cyber Readiness; and Q&A. Presenter Jason Banks has over 30 years of experience in financial technology and cybersecurity. As founder of Bretton Consulting, Mr. Banks delivers electronic trading architecture, cybersecurity solutions and vendor diligence to regulated industries and developing businesses.