Tagged Economic Development

You can help 3 historic nonprofit organizations raise funding needed to host one-year Preserve WV AmeriCorps members.  Through this program, Preserve WV AmeriCorps members manage volunteers for their sites...

There is a constant murmur among the leaders of West Virginia bemoaning the outward migration of our state’s young talent.  While our economy suffers, our brightest students look for work in Pittsburgh, DC,...

For the past 10 months, I have woken up each day to the beautiful view of the state capitol directly across the Kanawha River. To be more specific, I was waking up in the freshman dorms at the University of...

Chasing The Powhatan Arrow Lawyer Peter Richardson talks about the challenges in his city Find Part One Here While in town, I called on an old Virginia Tech classmate, Peter Richardson, who works in a...

International Award Winning nutrition writer Gary Taubes Joins West Virginia health leaders at Try This for Health Professionals Day June 1 Piggybacking on the fourth annual Try This West Virginia...

Mayor Tom Cole discusses his city in decline. A MUTUAL FRIEND put me in touch with Bluefield’s Mayor Thomas Cole, whom I met in a new restaurant he owned in downtown Bluefield, a block or so from the NS...

March is National Maple Month. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) and the West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Mountain State Maple Day,...

Will someone explain this to me, please? Our timber was the first to go. Two thousand acres were clear-cut, and...

Reporting on West Virginia’s 1980’s economic crisis, Rick Steelhammer in the Charleston Gazette-Mail noted on October 15, 1989: “West Virginia’s economy is going through a major transformation. Coal...

Jake Lynch is the Director of Network Communications for the Vandaleer partner: West Virginia Hub.   Photos by The Hub. I recently spent a few days at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park — and my...