Category: Articles
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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…
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Welcome Future Scientists
A lot of people aren’t aware that the National Youth Sciences Foundation is located here in West Virginia, and this week is their annual camp. Budding scientists from high schools around around the country (and world) are here in West Virginia this week to learn from successful scientists and connect with their peers at their…
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Mapping Our Creative Hot Spots
One of the goals of Create WV is to connect the creative innovators around the state with each other. One way to do that is to identify where they tend to gather. Think of it as an Innovation Treasure Map. Towards that end, we have created a West Virginia CommunityWalk tool. You can launch it…
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How to Connect Our Communities
The technology track of the Create WV Conference offers sessions on using technology to attract and develop creative workers in your community. Many creative workers can live and work anywhere with reliable, modern broadband Internet access – the critical new “utility” for the 21st century. Wireless access makes it easier to work in public places…
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Transcending Cultural Clash
Rebecca Kimmons, an actor, singer, writer and partner in Katalyst Development Strategies, has been giving readers across West Virginia some things to think about in a series of Creative Community op-ed pieces. The latest was recently published in the Charleston Gazette this past Sunday. With creative flair, she sometimes gently, sometimes directly forces us to…
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Arts, Tourism…and New Citizens?
Arts and tourism gurus have been doing a good job calculating the economic impact of things like last weekend’s FestivALL in Charleston. The Gazz did a nice write up of the impact of the third year of the festival. Other festivals such as Culturefest Music & Arts Festival and the Appalachian String Band Festival bring…
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A Small Town Statement of Inclusiveness
It only takes a few positive, inclusive voices to really shape how a place is viewed. I was really proud to read this statement of inclusiveness on the welcome page of the Glenville Democrat-Pathfinder web site in Gilmer County: Because so many people are expected to move to Gilmer County in 2007, we editors and…
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Earn LED Credits at Create WV Conference
The West Virginia Development Office has approved the Create WV Conference for 11 LED credit hours. For information on training credit programs, please visit their approved calendar of events. In the Resource track of the conference, attendees will learn about a variety of state, federal, foundation and other programs designed to equip them with skills…