Industry Stories

WNC Fly Fishing – The Future is Downstream
Western North Carolina celebrates a unique and tight knit fly fishing community with an immense impact as an outdoor recreational economic driver. As the popularity of recreational fishing in these waterways grows, more guide and gear companies are born in the region, and generations of families and more diverse communities become involved, we must work together in conservation efforts to ensure clean headwaters and healthy fish populations.
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McHone Performance Training
McHone Performance Training conditions WNC's outdoor athletes for a lifetime of outdoor recreation.
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Rockgeist Bikepack USA
Western North Carolina has a great biking culture, and a rich history in textiles. Those are elements I leaned on to start and grow the business the right way.
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Content Creators Camp
The Appalachian Adventure Company hosts its first Content Creators Camp in Western North Carolina.
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Adventure Nerds & Hellbender Paddleboards
WNC-based companies collaborate on a new guidebook for paddling at Lake James.
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Leah Wong Ashburn
The history of creative makers runs so deep in our area that I think Highland Brewing was born by these inspiring surroundings.
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David Billstrom
We've got access to gravel, singletrack, and road and people ride at lunch, because they can. That’s an incredible thing for the brand.
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Earl B. Hunter, Jr.
So many Black folks have died without experiencing this beauty, this nature, this calm. This is our public land, too.
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Jennifer Pharr Davis
Hiking changed my values. It broke a lot of my preconceived notions about who I was, and what my options were in the world.
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Tom Dempsey
Enjoying these places that are right outside our door is part of our company DNA.
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