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The Southern Business & Development Magazine recognized the Charleston Area Alliance as the Mountain State’s best local economic development agency. Honorees were selected by a Southern Business & Development Roundtable comprised of a dozen current and former commerce secretaries, educators, economists, consultants and local economic developers. “We are honored with this recognition, and will continue…
West Virginia Executive (WVE) magazine, the Mountain State’s premier statewide business publication, is proud to welcome Mel Mendoza as its new director of business development. Mendoza, who was raised in Long Island, NY, is the son of two physicians who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines in the 1960s. Mendoza attended Kentucky Christian University…
Survival training, wolves, quilts and a murder mystery are among programs and events at West Virginia’s state parks the weekend of March 11-13, 2016. Parks staff are celebrating the changing seasons with some unusual offerings. “Wacky weather can throw a snowball or a curve ball in March, so West Virginia state parks are going to…
West Liberty University’s Center for Entrepreneurship received $15,000 in grants recently from the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV). The money will fund workshops, and continue the annual pitch contests for new businesses. “We are grateful to the Community Foundation for their faith in our program. West Liberty’s pitch contests have provided real assistance…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host an educational seminar Thursday, March 10, at 5 p.m. in the Erickson Alumni Center on the topic of “County Government Made Easy.” The seminar is designed for Kanawha County teachers, student-teachers and WVSU students, but is open to anyone with an interest in learning more about the topic.…
Abandoned buildings reduce property values; increase crime, drug activity, costs for police and fire departments and infrastructure repair costs; hobble economic development and provide significant environmental and health hazards. They are a major problem for our state, which is why the Property Rescue Initiative (PRI) was launched in 2015, to create a revolving loan fund of $1 million…