Tag: Technology
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Marketing West Virginia to the Creative Class
Richard Florida, the academic who captured the data and created the nomenclature of the “creative class” to start a new way of thinking about economic development, has a new book out – Who’s Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life. From a reviewer on…
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Broadband Has Changed My Life
The following is a reprinted article from Lisa Minney, publisher of Two Lane Livin’, Central WV’s coolest new lifestyle publication and web site: I remember a time, about twelve years ago, when I was grateful to have Internet service, any Internet service. I felt fortunate to even have dial-up. Although I had access to the…
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A Look Into West Virginia’s Connectivity Challenges
The much-anticipated map of West Virginia’s broadband coverage developed by the Connect West Virginia organization, a subsidiary non-profit group of Connected Nation, in partnership with the state’s telecommunications vendors and with leadership from the Governor’s Office and volunteers, is now available. For the first time, many folks around the state can get a good idea…
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Come Home to WV…and Fill Our Job Openings!
Quickly after Governor Manchin announced his “Come Home to WV” initiative, the Commerce Department has launched its initial effort to get the word out: WV has opportunities for both filling jobs and creating jobs. The web site www.hometowv.com is live and seeks to connect native West Virginians living outside the state with opportunities that exist…
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Ecommerce and the Power of New Money
One of the most important concepts in growing the economic base of a community is to help people understand the critical need to export products/services in order to draw in “new” money flow from outside the community. Too often, the entrepreneurs that we do cultivate think too much in terms of products or services that…
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West Virginia Says YES to Entrepreneurs
Last night in Morgantown, Martinsburg, Charleston and Fayetteville, dozens of young entrepreneurs gathered to launch the YES Network (Young Entrepreneurs Support). It was an energizing and inspirational milestone for the Vision Shared Entrepreneurship team – congratulations! It is YES Network’s goal to: provide active, consistent programming that spurs the development of peer to peer and…
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Talent or Taxes? Where Should We Become Leaders?
If you were the Governor, or a leader in the Legislature, where would you place your bet for future economic development in West Virginia? Would you prioritize the development and recruitment of talented, highly-educated workers, researchers and teachers to build up our state’s brainpower, or take a much more aggressive whack at eliminating what are…
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Elkins: A Creative Mountain Community
After spending a couple of days in Elkins, it is easy to grasp the creative potential of one of West Virginia’s larger small towns. With its Vision 2010 plan, it has developed an impressive roadmap for the future. Sitting in the heart of West Virginia’s mountain highlands, natural beauty is a given. License plates from…
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Research, Innovation, Commercialization…Growth
The innovation economy continues to pop up its head in West Virginia. While still not quite up to the growth rate found in other states, West Virginia’s technology, biomedical and related R&D-driven industries are beginning to share the impact they are having on our prosperity. The most recent update was from WVU, supported by the…
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Cafe Cimino Brings Quality to Sutton’s Place
If you asked a business consultant for an ideal location to place a high-end, nationally recognized restaurant and country inn, Sutton, WV, in Braxton County, may not show up on the list…or at least not near the top. createwv.typepad.com However, Tim and Melody Urbanic, the entrepreneurs who started Cafcreatewv.typepad.come Cimino nine years ago, turned their…