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																			Fayette    
    Active Southern West Virginia: Getting Appalachians Moving

          With only one in three adults physically active, West Virginia has high rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. These health outcomes directly affect workforce readiness and productivity, economic development, and overall quality of life in communities. To get West Virginians moving – and health trends moving in the...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Kanawha    
    Appalachian Hatchery: Supporting WV’s Manufacturers

          The Appalachian Hatchery is an innovative advanced manufacturing incubator at Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) in Huntington, West Virginia. Established in 2017 with a $1.5 million ARC POWER grant, along support from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the Hatchery supports manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and business development in West Virginia’s southern most 20 counties –...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Wayne,    
    Region 2–Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Chris Chiles Email cchiles@region2pdc.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictOhio, West Virginia
							

																			Belmont,
																			Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel,    
    Region 10–Bel-O-Mar Regional Council and Interstate Planning Commission

          Executive Director Scott Hicks Email belomar@belomar.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Brooke, Hancock,    
    Region 11–Brooke-Hancock Regional Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Mike Paprocki Email mikepap@bhjmpc.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton,    
    Region 8–Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Terry Lively Email mail@regioneight.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur,    
    Region 7–Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Shane Whitehair Email swhitehair@regionvii.com...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor,    
    Region 6–Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Sheena Hunt Email regionvi@regionvi.com...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, Wood,    
    Region 5–Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council

          Executive Director Caroline Stewart Email caroline.stewart@movrc.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam,    
    Region 3–B-C-K-P Regional Intergovernmental Council

          Executive Director Tyler Ferrell Email tylerferrell@wvregion3.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wyoming,    
    Region I–Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Jason Roberts Email jasonroberts@regiononepdc.org...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia
							

																			Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan,    
    Region 9–Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council

          Executive Director Rachel Snavely Email info@region9wv.com...
    
    
    
    
          Local Development DistrictWest Virginia    
    West Virginia Appalachian Development Plan

          West Virginia FY 2022 Appalachian Development Plan – pdf 270 KB...
    
    
    
    
          ResourceWest Virginia    
    West Virginia Strategy Statement

          West Virginia Strategy Statement FY 2023 – pdf 2 MB...
    
    
    
    
          ResourceWest Virginia    
    West Virginia Industrial Snapshot

          
    
    
    
    
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