Minority Enterprise Development Week of WNC

Each year, the MED Week Committee of WNC honors entrepreneurship in the region with the presentation of the following at the Annual Awards Luncheon:

WNC Minority Business Person of Year

An ethnic minority business owner from Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, Macon, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Swain, Haywood or Jackson county is chosen based on their success as an entrepreneur and their involvement in the community.

Minority Business Category Awards

Nominees for Minority Business Person of the Year are also considered for recognition as an outstanding business in the following  categories:

Retail

Restaurant

Manufacturing

Service

Construction

Wholesale 

Lender of Year - Regional & National

Banks and other lending institutions serving WNC are selected based on their support of minority businesses through lending initatives, financial support of community events related to minority economic development, number of loans made and total dollars loaned to minority entrepreneurs and percentage of total loans made to minorities.

Congratulations to the 2009 

Minority Business Award Winners!

Diane Caldwell, TRYME Enterprises

Sherian Clayton, Children’s World Center

Charla Crowe, Cherokee by Design

Maximina Lopez-Luis, La Mexicana

Katrina Maney, Maney’s Clean-up Crew