Mountain Area Information Network

The Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) is a nonprofit community network using integrated media technologies to expand the local public sphere and to support: participatory democracy, citizen access to media, independent journalism, local cultural and artistic expression, locally-owned businesses, social and economic justice, and environmental stewardship.

As a nonprofit Internet Service provider in western North Carolina, MAIN was founded on a simple principle: giving citizen's the option to spend their Internet dollars to support Independent media. MAIN has developed several community-based initiatives: MAIN homepage (http://main.nc.us); WPVM 103.5, The Progressive Voice of the Mountains (www.wpvm.org); SustainableWNC (www.sustainablewnc.org) Blue Ridge Web Market (http://brwm.org); disadvantaged citizens. HomeSearch (http://main.nc.us/homesearch).