Without a viable broadband infrastructure, the Mountain State is lacking the most important tool to attract new businesses. Groups like Generation West Virginia, as well as a few West Virginia legislators, are championing broadband access as the key to growing and diversifying the economy.
Since 1993, Preston County’s Camp Dawson has been the home of the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy, where West Virginia’s at-risk teens learn the skills and confidence necessary to reach for a future free from limitations.
According to The Associated General Contractors of America, West Virginia’s construction sector dropped by 4,400 jobs, a 13.1 percent loss, over the past year. Right-to-work laws, the prevailing wage rate and work force training are all being explored as possible solutions to increase the number of jobs in the state.