East Fork Pottery Leading Creative Manufacturing Revival in City of Asheville
By Marge | Published 2025-12-05T16:19:34.387+00:00
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Asheville -- December 5, 2025: Press Release Economic Development Coalition for Asheville East Fork Pottery leading creative manufacturing revival in City of Asheville In conjunction with the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC), today East Fork Pottery announced plans to invest $2.5 million to expand production operations capacities.
Driven by growing national demand, this expansion will double production capacity generating 40 net new engineering and skilled production jobs in the next three years with an average wage of $26 per hour and sustain over 125 existing jobs. This investment will double East Fork’s production capacity, creating new living wage jobs and expanding their core line of ceramics. Founded as a traditional wood-fired pottery in 2010 by Alex Matisse in Madison County, East Fork is now a Certified B Corpor