Category: Articles
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Are You West Virginia Made? Trade Group Forming Now
There will be an organizational meeting for the West Virginia Made Association on Friday evening, Sept 10, 2010 at Lakeview Resort, Morgantown from 6:30-7:30 following the first day of the WV Made Trade Show. All interested persons are invited to attend. (Lakeview Resort is located a few miles east of Morgantown off Exit 10, I-79) The WV Made Association…
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Make No Small Plans
Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.…
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Community Resources Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
So much of what we all desire as citizens centers on the community we live in. Our friends, our schools, our jobs, our parks, where we shop…Why do some communities thrive while others struggle? What tangible and intangible characteristics make up a “creative community” that delivers opportunities and quality of life for all citizens? The Community Resources…
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Education and Talent Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
Few issues are as strategic to long-term economic and social health as education. It’s generally understood that our model for education – one that was designed for a transition from agrarian to industrial economy – doesn’t fit our 21st century world very well. But what to do about it? Do we start over? Try to modify…
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Diversity Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010
What does diversity mean to you? Do you see it as something to worry about, or something to aspire to? Does the term make you nervous? Excited? Angry? At Create WV, we advocate that our communities and organizations strive for diversity as a treasured asset. Not just for a basic level of equality and fairness, but for a competitive…
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Quality of Place Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
Quality of Place is the sum of a community’s parts—its built environment, its assets, its personality as experienced through all five senses. In these sessions, we’ll invite participants to assess their own communities in comparison with contemporary American ideals, and we’ll explore Wheeling, a community that is applying creative solutions to its challenges. On Tuesday morning,…
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Technology Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
Access to and adoption of technology has fueled amazing growth around the world. A fast pipe to the global marketplace is akin to a major superhighway in the Industrial Age. But it’s not just whether we have access; it’s what we do with it to transform our healthcare and educational systems, drive research and development…
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Business Innovation Track Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
According to the Kauffman Foundation and other economic think tanks, building a powerful entrepreneurial engine is the only real way to build sustainable long-term job growth. And in this economy, who doesn’t want that? At the Create WV 2010 Conference our theme is Create Your Own Opportunities. Whether you represent yourself, a community, a school or…
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Speakers Announced for Fourth Annual Create West Virginia Conference
Wheeling, WV: The fourth annual Create West Virginia conference is coming to the Friendly City October 17-19, 2010. This statewide celebration of creative community building is designed to spark new economic growth in West Virginia. The conference is expected to attract more than 400 people representing the state’s business, economic, academic, and cultural and community development leadership. The…
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Dear Fairmont
For far too long have you slept silent. Like the locomotives that once ran the rails along your river. The world changed; with coal no longer King, you lost your steam. The firebox no longer tendered, you draped your dreams and sank in sleep. But we hear you, lady, waking; ready to rise again: In…