[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Monochron

I think a lot of it has to do with promoting new teams as well. Western NC as a whole historically hasn't had nearly the amount of teams as the Central and Eastern areas in part because they would have to travel 3+ hours to get to the nearest competition. With the competition in Asheville we have seen a handful of new teams in the West and hopefully that will continue next year. All of that probably wouldn't have been able to happen if there wasn't enough interest in the Asheville competition.

I think that is only partially true. Don't forget that WNC has historically been economically disadvantaged. It's good to see the local colleges, UNCA and WCU, starting to make moves to spread FIRST in the area.