HandMade in America

Has a mission to celebrate the Hand and the HandMade:  to nurture the creation of traditional and contemporary craft; to revere and protect our resources; and to preserve and enrich the spiritual, cultural, and community life of our region.

HandMade in America is an initiative that focuses on the issue of maintaining and enhancing the region's quality of life while broadening its economic opportunity.  Using existing craft-related resources in the region, HandMade in America has developed a 20-year strategic plan that establishes western North Carolina as the geographic center for handmade objects in America.  This plan allows urban and rural areas to benefit equally, while brining together a unique collection of entrepreneurs, small businesses, associations, educators, regional institutions, and corporations around a common theme.  These community development strategies have created educational, economic and cultural projects focused on the region's craft history, crafts people, and craft educational institutions.

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