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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…
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Generation Highlands Launches Young Professionals’ Group
The rise of many new Generation West Virginia groups across the state is one of the most positive developments in many years. For young people to finally have a place where they can connect, organize and spark change in West Virginia is exactly what has been needed for quite a long time. Create WV is proud…
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Uh Oh. The Appalachians are Starting to Talk. This Can’t be Good.
You know how people have some relatives that you dont’ really know that well, even though they don’t live that far away? For whatever reason, you just never hung out with them much growing up. Then one day, you actually take some time to get to know them. Maybe you hung out at a family reunion,…
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WV Wesleyan and Create Buckhannon Launch Citizen’s Leadership Institute
What’s the fruit of collaborating across local government, business, education and other groups to build a creative community? In Buckhannon and Upshur County, it’s the Citizen’s Leadership Institute of Governmental Affairs, a college credit course offered through WV Wesleyan that helps engage citizens with how their local governments actually work. We’re very excited for the Create…