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Center for Economic

 

Entrepreurship Sub-Committee. This committee will work on policy issues with a particular focus on small-scale manufacturing.

 

 

 

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation has announced that “Advantage Valley” is the recipient of a $2 million grant for the creation of a entrepreneruship development system. The Center for Economic Options (CEO) is one of three organizations along with Advantage Valley, and the Vision Shared Entreprenuership Committee that will lead a larger collaboration that includes regional, state, and local entities that serve and educate entrepreneurs.

 

The grant will promote entrepreneurial activity in the eleven-county Advantage Valley region and produce
 

Showcase West Virginia Update

Showcase West Virginia is an innovative access-to-markets program sponsored by the Center for Economic Options (CEO). Serving small-scale enterprises, Showcase West Virginia provides markets for a wide-range of high quality West Virginia-made products. CEO moved the Showcase West Virginia retail store out of the Charleston Town Center Mall in April, and will re-establish the store in downtown Charleston as part of a city-wide re-development effort in late summer. Please visit our website www.centerforeconomicoptions.org for updates!

 



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