Tag: Technology
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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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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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Create WV Sponsors Support Innovation
A groundswell of support from business, academic and non-profit organizations is helping us develop the Create WV Conference into a valuable resource for West Virginia communities. We would like to thank the following organizations for their support in building a creative, dynamic West Virginia for the 21st Century and encourage you to interact with them…
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Update: Conference Attendees and Speakers
It has been an exciting few months launching the Create WV initiative. People from all over the state are coming on board with ideas, insights, participation and support to help us create an innovative, open culture that thrives in the new global economy. We are encouraged by the response so far to the Create WV…
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Big Ideas…Really, Really Big Ideas
It’s been pointed out that many of us in this state are a little gun-shy about sticking our neck out too far with far-fetched ideas for fear of [insert reason here – ridicule, “didn’t work last time” or “we could never do that here” comments, etc.]. In other words, we censor our own creative inclinations…
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Kentucky Finding its New Economy Groove
I was never sure which family in the Hatfield-McCoy feud was on the West Virginia side and which one was on the Kentucky side. Maybe they were all just sprinkled around the whole area. In any case, it made for an interesting competition. Perhaps it’s time to rekindle some competition with Kentucky, only this time…
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Can Hope Spring from a Holler of Horror?
The reaction to the recent disturbing, horrifying treatment of Megan Williams at the hands of six lunatics in a Big Creek, WV, trailer have been relatively predictable. On the one hand, an outpouring of outrage over the brutal act and compassion for the victim. On the other, a reluctance to reflect on what this says…
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Bridging Eras, Transitioning Images
Legendary marketing guru Al Ries has suggested that companies or branded products can only “own” one position in a consumer’s mind. Those brands that focus on a powerful, singular image are more successful than those who try to stand for two or more things at once. In other words, “Low prices, always” is more likely…
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Either/Or?
We are thrilled that many of the ideas represented by the Create WV initiative are being incorporated in a wider statewide dialog. A recent example is the op-ed piece by William Schweke of the Center for Economic Development in Durham, NC in this week’s State Journal. It is a good sign that more people are…