The 2012 Montie Design / Montie Gear Student Design Contest is underway! We have entries from NC State, Appalachian and Virginia Tech. The students are competing for a shot at having their product commercialized at a micro manufacturing facility that we are setting up in Spring Creek, NC.
Click on the image below to see a short video describing the contest.
Here is a link to an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times about how our contest may help bring jobs to Spring Creek, NC.
I am personally very excited we have created a win-win situation for the students, our firm and the local economy of Spring Creek, NC. Spring Creek currently has no manufacturing and very limited employment opportunities. There are no grants or anything like that involved, just NC neighbors working together.
