ABTech Community College
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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is dedicated to the success of students and communities. Our college provides meaningful teaching and learning in a curriculum, continuing education, and workforce development environment committed to Respect, Integrity, Support, and Equity (RISE).
Our Career and College Promise Program offers structured opportunities for qualified high school juniors and seniors to accelerate completion of college certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees that lead to college transfer or provide entry-level job skills.
20th Anniversary Tocqueville Community Service Award
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Tocqueville Society Community Service Award Marks Its 20th Anniversary
Suzanne and David DeFerie Named as 2022 Awardees
"Great Goodwill": 2022 Tocqueville Society Community Service Award
"When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously, and with great goodwill."
A Shift in the Mind and Heart: New Investment Design Pilot

Community Nights Featuring Homework diners have kickoff for the 2022-23 school year. And with all the excitement happening at our schools many of the UWABC staff have been taking time to meet students, families, and teachers.
It's a Party in the United Way!
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County
hosted another successful Campaign Kickoff!
Community Nights Featuring Homework Diner Arrives
On Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 the UWABC community schools, Asheville High School/ SILSA and Reynolds Middle kicked off the first of the 2022-2023 school year Community Nights featuring Homework Diners.
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Centennial Archive
In June 1921, in the immediate aftermath of WWI, a crippling pandemic, and a historic 100-year flood, community leaders from five civic organizations came together to form the Asheville Community Chest. The first of its kind in North Carolina, the idea was both simple and powerful; they would unite their fundraising efforts into a single community-wide fundraising campaign, the proceeds of which would support local agencies engaged directly in vital community recovery efforts.