Business and individual sponsorships play vital roles in assisting the Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment (CLE) to maintain a strong core of offerings and improve CLE’s ability to reach a broad audience. Through its impressive slate of community events and programs, CLE plays a pivotal role in making The Plateau a vibrant and exciting place to visit, live, and invest.

CLE operates with very low overhead. This results in almost all sponsorship dollars directly defraying the costs associated with high-profile speakers, performers, and community events. CLE is also a registered 501 (c) (3) entity, which may make your sponsorship eligible for special tax treatment. In addition, CLE works with sponsors to tailor various means of recognition to maximize returns for businesses and individuals. When businesses and the CLE community work together, everyone benefits, creating a stronger, more vibrant, and interesting place to visit, live, and work.

CLE is developing its 2026 program series, and CLE already has commitments from a number of outstanding speakers. If you are interested in sponsoring a speaker in 2026, please contact Meg Stevens at (828) 526-8811 or meg.stevens@clehighlands.com