Development and Capital Investment in Morgantown

Published by
Skip Lineberg
at April 20, 2008 in Coordinating Marketing Efforts. 0 Comments

This is what development looks like in the environment of a vibrant economy. The photo at left is the Boathouse Bistro in Morgantown, West Virginia. Sure, one might say, “anyone can build a new restaurant.” But if I had turned around and snapped another photo, you would have seen a shot of the new, under-construction Marina Tower office building. Connecting all of this is the Morgantown Riverwalk path. It is undeniably cool and convenient to be able to set out on foot from the Waterfront Place Hotel and walk to several appealing destinations, such as the ampitheater, the rail trail, Oliverio’s (and several other eating/drinking establishments) and around a dozen office locations. In addition to the capital injection downtown, there’s a $1.2 billion capital investment underway in the county with the new Longview Power plant.

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Create WV Conference: How to Market to Talent in the New Economy

Published by
Paul Woodhouse
at November 14, 2007 in Conferences. 0 Comments

The following is a guest post by Justin Seibert currently attending the Create WV Conference.

This week over 200 West Virginians are getting together to develop plans of how various communities can better attract and retain talent. While it’s important to recognize the challenges we as a state face and to address them, we also need to build around the built-in positives that we enjoy: quality of life, affordable housing, great outdoors, low crime, etc.

While it involves much more, this conference comes down to marketing and improving our financial position. It’s great to see so many people genuinely motivated to improve our lot while not forgetting what we all love about West Virginia. The trick, after the conference is over, will be to keep ole mo’ going and starting to realize tangible change for the better.

[www.createwvconference.com]

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