Community Education is Transformative in Forest County, Pennsylvania

Community teams who just graduated last month from the second cohort of the BRECC Action Challenge are hard at work ensuring the sustainability of their economic diversification planning efforts. The Forest County, PA Team is setting themselves up for ongoing local engagement by hosting community events inspired by resident interests. Most recently, the team joined […]
BRECC Celebrates & Learns from Coal-Impacted Communities Across the Nation

As part of our work with the Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities (BRECC) Initiative, The West Virginia Community Development Hub (The Hub) is walking alongside five coal-impacted communities throughout the country for a year-long economic diversification planning process. Forest County, PA; the Greater Peoria Region of IL; Monroe County, GA; Petersburg, WV; and Somerset […]
West Side of Charleston, community case study

West Side of CharlestonCOMMUNITY CASE STUDY in the West Side of Charleston, community leaders lean on expertise from residents Part of the West Virginia capital city, the West Side of Charleston has been a historically Black community for more than a century. During the first half of the 20th century, the West Side of Charleston […]
floyd county, kentucky community case study

Floyd County, Kentuckycommunity case study in Floyd County, Kentucky, community members found strength in growing their table. Located in the eastern part of Kentucky, Floyd County is nestled in the Appalachian footprint. Residents there are no strangers to the challenges and opportunities that communities across the Appalachian region are facing as they work to push […]
West Side Accelerate WV team speaks with neighbors at health fair

The West Side neighborhood of Charleston participated in the recent West Side Health Fair in Charleston. Lined up along the Kanawha River in Magic Island Park, health vendors and resources lined up to help people learn about the resources available within the community. While the event was named after the West Side, the point of […]
WVU students, professors visit Ronceverte armory

Peter Butler, a Hub boardmember and Extension Specialist in Landscape Architecture, came to Ronceverte with students from WVU to look at the old Armory Building.
New Martinsville Book Store Owner Builds Downtown Business Engagement

Heather Wetzel has owned and operated The Book Store in downtown New Martinsville location for 22 years.
HubCAP community Smithers brings collaborative art to their neighbors

The community gathered on a beautiful Saturday morning to do something almost none of community members had done before… paint a mural.
Celebrate our first BRECC cohort and their successful capstone

For the last year, The Hub has had the privilege of walking alongside teams from the Cumberland Plateau District, VA; Floyd County, KY; Perry County, OH; and the City of Richwood, WV, as they developed economic diversification strategies.
Richwood Redevelopment Day Draws State Partners and Students

Richwood welcomed a variety of guests for Richwood Redevelopment Day on February 26.