West Virginia Farmers Market Association – Charleston Archive

For the Farmers Market COVID-19 Response and Recovery Program to provide business advice to food producers impacted by the pandemic and ensure markets are resilient to changes occurring in the direct to consumer marketplace

To support development and resilience among West Virginia nonprofits dealing with organizational impacts of COVID-19

To leverage partnerships and develop sustainable strategies to grow the organization and explore the feasibility for geographic expansion

For a pooled fund that will be used to test educational innovations in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania

To distribute brand new clothing, home goods, and other vital necessities to underserved populations throughout West Virginia

For technical assistance to raise funds for the Caperton Center for School-Business Partnerships, which will address equity and access to quality education for all West Virginia students

To create a resilient maple economy in West Virginia through marketing and COVID-19 response coaching to producers, farmers, agricultural businesses, and service providers

To develop the West Virginia Nurse Entrepreneur Center to create nurse businesses that increase economic development and improve the health of West Virginians (over two years)

As matching funds for a U.S. Economic Development Administration CARES Act grant to deploy emergency loans and technical assistance to businesses and nonprofit enterprises impacted by COVID-19 (over three years)

For surge testing in communities of color which will conduct COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and community education and awareness across West Virginia