Community & Strategic Partners
Our Employment Partners
These businesses and organizations from around the Western North Carolina region have come together to support GO’s mission in the most important way of all. By training and providing apprenticeships to our students, and directly hiring our graduates, they’ve demonstrated a strong commitment to social and economic justice in our community. Check them out!
Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Andy Brown, LLC
Asheville Downtown Association
AVL Technologies
Big Chicken Farms
Black Mountain Stove & Chimney
Chestnut
Classic Floor Services
Deer Park Inn
Deerfield Retirement Community
Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation
Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville
Hotel Indigo
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Ingles Markets
Juicy Lucy’s Burger Bar and Grill
King Daddy’s Chicken and Waffle
The Laurels of GreenTree Ridge
Mill River Nursing Facility
Omni Grove Park Inn
Outback Steakhouse
Pro-Clean
Renewable Design Associates
Rhubarb
Sky Lanes Bowling Alley
Smoky Park Supper Club
Stone Creek Health and Rehabilitation
Sunshine Window & Gutter Cleaning
Thermo Fisher
UNCA Dining Hall
We are thankful for the generous support of our foundation, corporate, and government funders!
Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis Fund
The Asheville Merchants Fund of the Community Foundation of WNC
Buncombe County
The Cannon Foundation
The Charles and Betti Saunders Foundation Fund of the Austin Community Foundation
City of Asheville
Community Economic Development Program — U.S.Department of Health and Human Services
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Duke Energy Foundation
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
The Kresge Foundation
The Larsen Fund
Mission Health
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board
NC Community Development Initiative
NC Community Foundation
New Belgium Brewing Company
Parsec Financial
Rotary Club of Asheville
TD Charitable Foundation
United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County
Wells Fargo
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
All Souls Counseling Center
Asheville City Schools Foundation
Asheville Design Center
Asheville GreenWorks
Asheville Independent Restaurants
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Bountiful Cities Project
Buncombe County
Buncombe County Re-Entry Council
Buncombe County Schools
Burton Street Community Peace Garden
Burton Street Neighborhood Association
Children First
City of Asheville
Community Action Opportunities
Community Foundation of WNC
Duke Energy
Duke University Law Clinic
Everybody’s Environment
FLS Energy
French Broad Food Coop
Gardens United
Goodwill Industries of WNC
Habitat for Humanity, Asheville Chapter
HACA Residents’ Council
Hands and Feet of Asheville
Hillcrest Apartments Community Garden
Hood Talk
Homeward Bound of WNC
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Just Economics
Lake Eden Arts Festival
Land-of-Sky Regional Council
LEAF Community Arts
MAHEC
Manna Food Bank
The Mediation Center
Mission Hospital
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board
Mountain BizWorks
Mountain Housing Opportunities
Naber Consulting
NC Community Development Initiative
New Belgium Brewing
OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling
Organic Growers School
Outward Bound
Partners Unlimited
Pisgah View Peace Garden
The POP Project
Sierra Club
Southside Community Garden
Ujamaa Freedom Market
University of North Carolina, Asheville
UpFront Management Sports Agency
Warren Wilson College
Western North Carolina Green Building Council
Wheels 4 Hope
Women’s Wellbeing Development Foundation
YMCA of Western North Carolina
YWCA of Asheville
YouthBuild U.S.A. Affiliated Network