The Board of Directors of AdvantageWest Economic Development Group will meet on Thursday, June 16, at 2 p.m., at the AdvantageWest offices, located at 134 Wright Brothers Way in Fletcher, adjacent to the Asheville Regional Airport.

AdvantageWest is the regional economic development partnership serving the 23 westernmost counties of North Carolina. Chartered by the state General Assembly in 1994, AdvantageWest is a nonprofit, public-private partnership. Meetings are open to the public. For more information, call 828-687-7234.

AdvantageWest’s program of work focuses on advanced manufacturing; entrepreneurial development activities such as Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council (BREC), the Certified Entrepreneurial Community Program® and the Juicy Ideas collegiate entrepreneurial contest; Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a food business and natural products incubator and commercial kitchen; and the green-collar jobs initiative, AdvantageGreen. AdvantageWest also maintains the WNC Film Commission. Visit www.advantagewest.com for more information.

– article submitted by Kathi Petersen