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W.Va. To Receive $68 Million For Economic Development

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Glenville State University delegation with ARC Co-Chair Gayle Manchin.
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The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded $68 million to dozens of economic development projects throughout the region.

They include job training programs, the promotion of outdoor recreation and improvements to health care access.

These are part of the latest round of recipients of ARC’s POWER grants, or Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization.

“The investments announced in this round of POWER will help train workers, advance new industries, and build upon the progress already being made toward a brighter future full of economic opportunity for our region,” said Gayle Manchin, the commission’s federal co-chair.

West Virginia received 14 such grants. Among them are $2 million for West Virginia Health Right in Charleston and nearly $2 million for STEM education at Fairmont State University.

The West Virginia Department of Economic Development will receive nearly $2 million to increase affordable child care services.

Another $2 million will help promote tourism in 12 gateway communities to the Monongahela National Forest. And $2 million will support a new Wheeling visitors center.

See a complete list of awardees.