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  • Startup Alert: GoBackz

    Corey Zinn

    Struggle to find time to return packages? A WV entrepreneur and his team built an app to pay contractors to pick up your returns from your door for you. Works similarly to food delivery apps where users may become drivers to earn cash returning everyone’s packages. Just released and hit the mobile app stores, so…

  • WVU Forward finalizes a blueprint for economic growth

    Corey Zinn

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    Overview The West Virginia Forward collaborative is a pioneering initiative, jointly executed by West Virginia University (WVU) and the State of West Virginia. With a focus on diversifying and fortifying West Virginia’s economy, this report is not just an analysis but a blueprint for the State’s economic evolution. About the WVU Forward Collaborative West Virginia…

  • It’s Never Too Late to Support Innovation: Please, Make One More Tax Deductible Contribution, to

    Create WV

    There’s a new crew in charge of Create West Virginia these days. A few months ago, CreateWV’s Board of Directors elected digital entrepreneur, new media and local agriculture fan Corey Zinn to serve as the organization’s third president. He’s building a new team focused on Innovation Economy thinking and doing, and they aren’t skipping a…

  • Multi-generational Households Tend to Eat Healthier, More Often and Together

    Create WV

    Who would have guessed…. “People who live in multi-generational households say they are now eating at home more often, are eating meals together, and are eating healthier. Living under one roof with adult children and/or grandparents is also causing more communal eating; on average, people from multi-generational homes eat meals together more than four times…

  • Bringin’ It All Home

    Create WV

    createwv.org Eleven years ago, I talked my mom, dad and grandmother into moving into a big house with me. None of us used a walker or a wheelchair then, but we all imagined there’d come a day when we would. The house is easier to get in and out of than the one in which…

  • A Brief Overview of Create West Virginia

    Create WV

    createwv.org CREATE WV IS A GRASSROOTS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION BASED ON INNOVATION ECONOMY PRINCIPLES Create West Virginia focuses on economic development of communities through instilling and modeling Innovation Economy principles throughout the culture, based on the five pillars of resilient economies: diversity, effective education, entrepreneurship and business startups, quality of place, and the…

  • Create West Virginia Announces National Design-Based Placemaking Conference

    Create WV

    Many of you have been asking, when and where is the next Create West Virginia Conference? Create West Virginia will celebrate its 10th anniversary by co-sponsoring a national innovation-economy based design conference centered on housing, community development, education, technology and business. The Universal Design Today: Live & Learn Conference is coming up May 15-16-17, 2017…

  • WANTED: DIGITAL & SOCIAL Media Volunteers to Help Preserve Family History, Oral Histories, &

    Create WV

    visitor.r20.constantcontact.com Want to help capture photos in danger or compromised by flood waters? Want a chance to build bridges between generations? Are you looking for meaningful ways to engage those who are too young or too old to do the dangerous work being done in flooded homes and communities? Here’s the plan: 1. Sign up…

  • Toward Community Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability

    Create WV

    Photo Credit: NBC Elkview, WV According to experts, we’re in for more of these freak storms, floods, and natural disasters. Throw in man-made disasters (do you really need references?) and you’ve got every reason to wonder about the future of housing, communities, and public places. We love our places in West Virginia, and while it’s…

  • Know Before You Pitch – Meet Funders and CEOs Who Tell You What to Expect from ALL Kinds of Investor

    Create WV

    This Thursday, May 26, at 6:30 pm, you have a chance to meet people who invest in good ideas. Maybe yours. Find out what they want from you. Do you have a business idea or product that needs funding? Do you want to learn how startup funding works, what you need to do before trying…