Riverlife Archive

To provide riverfront planning tools and financing options to Monongahela River towns

For a comprehensive feasibility study for a multi-purpose facility within the Appalachian Homestead Project at Stonewall Jackson State Park

For food system research and development, working group support, and cooperative business assistance (over two years)

For research related to establishing an economically viable, sustainable and scalable surface mine reclamation strategy designed to provide revenue, jobs and agritourism to economically depressed regions of West Virginia

For planning a statewide centralized food distribution and aggregation center in Buckhannon

For development and delivery of a training program for farmers market managers to promote increased profitability of farm and food businesses in West Virginia

To support demolition and redevelopment of abandoned and dilapidated structures along gateways to communities which are participating in the statewide program to address blight

To develop a tourism strategy that combines local arts, heritage, and recreational assets

To: build and strengthen local food supply chains within and between rural and urban areas; develop a downtown building loan program; and develop a New Markets Tax Credit lending strategy

For marketing and recruitment of participants for regional entrepreneurship support centers in southern West Virginia to accelerate business development in a nine-county region