BY JOSEPHINE MENDEZ FOR THE HERALD DISPATCH
Even though their countries are several thousand miles apart, entrepreneurs from Huntington and Japan are coming together in the name of revitalization and resilience to find ways to improve their communities though shared experiences and challenges.
On Tuesday, five entrepreneurs from Japan met with representatives from the Coalfield Development Corporation to tour their facilities and learn more about their programs, specifically Refresh Appalachia and Reclaim Appalachia, as many of the entrepreneurs have backgrounds in agriculture.
The tour began in Holden, West Virginia, on about 50 acres of land that was mountaintop mined and reclaimed in the late 1990s, which Reclaim and Refresh Appalachia are now working to transform into usable land…
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