Tag: Quality of Place
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Bringin’ It All Home
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…
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A Brief Overview of Create West Virginia
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…
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Create West Virginia Announces National Design-Based Placemaking Conference
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…
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Toward Community Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability
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…
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The What Ifs of Success
We can ask all day long what a candidate plans to do about jobs, but we really should be focusing on his knowledge of attracting and supporting the kinds of jobs that pay well and solve real-world problems without creating a heap more. What do productive, well-paid workers want and need, and can we build…
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“…If You Think Differently You’re Crazy.” #WVGOVTALK
“In the primary, there’s only one person that can win, that can win the general election, and if you think differently you’re crazy.” -Jim Justice (Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3.26.16.) To Jim Justice, from CreateWV’s “little guys”, the ones you say you’re suited to take up for: Hold on just a doggone minute, Jim. We’re not so…
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Gubernatorial Event to Live-Stream from University of Charleston’s Geary Auditorium
Interactive April 5 roundtable to give public chance to question candidates CHARLESTON, WV — Booth Goodwin and Sen. Jeff Kessler will each be featured separately at the Create West Virginia Gubernatorial Roundtable, to take place from 7 p.m. through 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the University of Charleston’s Geary Theater. Live-streaming makes the event…
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Create West Virginia Announces 2015 Creative Economy Construction Awards
Charleston, W.Va. September 28, 2015 – Create West Virginia named five 2015 champions of Innovation Economy pillars at the Create West Virginia Conference, held September 24-26 in Fayetteville. Sarah Halstead, president of the Create West Virginia board of directors, conferred the “creative cone” awards-orange road construction cones-at various times throughout the event. The cones symbolize…
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Sippin’ cider- Lewisburg cidery wins $5,000 at Create WV conference
West Virginia has paved the way for its craft beer industry, but two local entrepreneurs are ready to tap into uncharted territory — hard cider and mead. Josh Bennett and Will Lewis with Hawk Knob Cidery and Meadery in Lewisburg were awarded Friday night at the CreateWV Conference with $5,000 to test their business strategy…
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These Parking Instructions Apply to EVERYONE. See you on Thursday!
This conference starts September 24 @ noon at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building. But you need to plan to be there a lot earlier, just to make sure you catch a shuttle in time for the kickoff. WALK IN REGISTRATIONS WELCOME, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO CONFORM TO THE PARKING PLAN. BE ADVISED! REGISTRATION…