To develop a robust and well-resourced network of K-12 youth-serving practitioners to increase access to entrepreneurial opportunities for youth (over two years)
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education Archive
For support to the agroforestry economy to assist in the diversification of non-timber forest products and the general increase in the utilization of emerging methodologies in production processes
To support an Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE grant application to develop a tri-state regional green building supply chain
To study the feasibility of developing a rail trail along an inactive rail line owned by Norfolk Southern that stretches from Kenova, West Virginia to Beech Fork State Park
To reduce illness, disability, and death related to tobacco use by educating and equipping community leaders and health providers with tobacco cessation skills and working with managed care organizations to increase billable services
To increase consumption of fruits and vegetables among limited-resource youth by reducing food deserts and increasing nutrition education
To support the Constructing Jobs in West Virginia Coal Country project which is a collaboration between Mountwest Community and Technical College and Hope Nation to create a construction degree that leads to new jobs in coal-impacted counties (/3 yrs)
To increase business and community member access to an Environmental, Social and Governance micro-credential program to drive economic development and Justice40 initiatives within the Central Appalachian Region
To address housing, training, employment, and wraparound social services for young men through the New Vision Next Gen employment and ecosystem development project (over three years)
To leverage the existing entrepreneurship ecosystem to benefit entrepreneurs starting new forestry ventures by working with Appalachian Forestry Entrepreneurship Center at West Virginia University