6 ways states are luring small business

CNBC
June 26th, 2015

With adventure-seeking foodies flocking to his mushroom-foraging tours of the woods in Asheville, North Carolina, Alan Muskat’s business, No Taste Like Home, is thriving. Often, he arranges for participants to head to a local restaurant afterward, where a gourmet chef will prepare their harvest.

It’s not just the farm-to-table trend that’s keeping him busy. It’s also North Carolina’s business-friendly climate. “The tourism efforts for North Carolina are tremendous,” said Muskat, who claims his business has five-figure revenues. Locally, for instance, the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau sends a steady stream of tourists to the one-man business he has operated for two decades. “They are my No. 1 source of business,” he said.

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