Category: Articles
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Neat Exposure for West Virginia
The Create West Virginia conference and a story on Berkeley Springs were recently featured on the widely read blog written by Jack Scultz, leader of The Boomtown Institute. Jack’s comments about the conference are fantastic and inspire us to dream big dreams for 2008 and beyond: In my almost 300 talks around the country I’ve…
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What Now?
The sense of excitement and hope was palpable during the Create WV Conference November 12-14 at the Stonewall Resort. The purpose of the conference was to educate, inspire, agitate and empower, and based on the feedback it seemed to have met its goal. The overall satisfaction score from the 230+ attendees was 4.5 out of…
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The Asheville Example
As you get closer to Asheville, NC, coming south on I-26 from Tennessee, the first thing that strikes you is the similarity in terrain to West Virginia. It feels like you are still driving on the West Virginia Turnpike or similar highway through our own hills. But as you pull into town, stop by the…
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Creativity in Action
Jeanne Mozier captures the crowd and breaks down how to nurture an arts/cultural community. createwv.typepad.com The “Teaching Entrepreneurship” session figures out how to make a product out of trash… createwv.typepad.com
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Scott Doron Stirs the Create WV Crowd
Scott Doron, Director of the Southern Technology Council, describes West Virginia as a high performance race car ready to shoot off the starting line….but with the emergency break on. createwv.typepad.com The publisher of several insightful studies on the economic future of the South, the Southern Technology Council is a non-partisan public policty think tank based…
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Scenes from Create WV Kick-Off
Over 200 people have descended on the Stonewall Resort to jump feet-first into planning for New Economy growth in West Virginia. Frankly, we’re pretty surprised at the turnout…running out of attendee kits is a good problem to have compared to the opposite. createwv.typepad.com After an opening reception that featured the No Pants Players, the African…
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Palestinian Delegation meets with Vision Shared in Wheeling
Something fairly novel and very interesting happened yesterday. The State Department arranged a 16-day tour for a group of five Palestinian journalists. They got to see cities like Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., Chicago, Gettysburg…and Wheeling, WV! At each city, the journalists met with a specific group (for example Visit Pittsburgh) to learn more about the goings…
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South Charleston Shares Wireless Vision
South Charleston is the latest West Virginia community to embrace the economic development and quality of life potential of wireless broadband access. Mayor Frank Mullens shared the plans last week. The project is estimated to cost approximately $69,000 and will cover four business districts. South Charleston joins a handful of other communities, such as the…
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Raising Our Expectations for Education
Where does West Virginia stand in the race to prepare students with 21st century skills? And what the heck are 21st century skills anyway? We tackle these questions and more in the exciting and informative Education track at the Create WV conference Nov 12-14. We encourage you to forward this track agenda to any K12…
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Filling an Unfortunate Void
Now that the “National March Against Hate Crimes” has been pulled off peacefully in Charleston, what can we learn and where do we go from here? A great deal of debate has centered on how the leadership role of Malik Shabazz, leader of Black Lawyers for Justice and organizer of the march, has developed in…