A-B Tech has landed a $29.2 million disaster recovery grant from the Economic Development Administration to build a manufacturing and workforce training center in Asheville.
The proposed WNC Futures Factory is an ambitious 70,000 square-foot facility that aims to create thousands of new jobs, attract new companies to the region and add more than $359 million to the region’s economy by 2035.
John Gossett, the president of A-B Tech, described the project as a “catalyst” that could help chart a new path for the region’s economy after Hurricane Helene, which suffered $44.4 billion in direct economic impacts, according to the grant application…