The economy is rocking. A sampling of today’s headlines includes:

  • Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area home prices are down.
  • A large WNC manufacturer, Arvato Digital Services, just laid off about fifty workers.
  • Sylva internet provider Metrostat will go out of business. Since it is unable to pay the loans it received from Jackson County and Sylva, the local governments will acquire the collateral.
  • The Sylva KFC closed after forty years of business.