Steel Industry Heritage Inc. a/k/a Rivers of Steel National Heritage Archive

To grow the heritage tourism industry in river and trail towns (over two years)

For analysis and publication of regional social and economic trends

For support of a statewide business coach operating within the INNOVA Commercialization Group program

For scholarships for nonprofit representatives to attend a Leader-to-Leader summit in Denver, as well as to cover expenses related to creation of a video of the Conference

For the Shale Gas Innovation Contest in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia to advance commercialization and application of new technologies (over two years)

To promote recruitment of entrepreneurs in the chemical, energy, and environmental science sectors to the Kanawha Valley (over two years)

For a customized entrepreneurship program targeting women-owned manufacturing firms

In support of outreach and marketing for food related business development and expansion at the Republic Food Enterprise Center (over two years)

For reclamation of blighted properties in five Mon Valley communities, in partnership with three Councils of Government (over two years)

To support development of a prioritized strategic plan for independent research of the health, ecologic, and other scientific issues pertaining to shale gas development