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West Virginia Directory of Economic Development Organizations

Bruce Donnelly   bruce@gdi-solutions.com    (Biography)

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Custom search tool for West Virginia state and local economic development websites

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West Virginia local economic development agencies : Please reply to the GUIDE Network Survey so that we have information on file for response to investment project enquiries.  Publication of Survey responses is optional.

Suggestions are welcome, and please report any broken links.

We also welcome reciprocal links from relevant organizations.

West Virginia

Names link to Area Profiles if available

maps of PA, NJ, MD, DC, VA, NC, WV

Contacts

Bruce (GDI)

Projects

William Turner, Jr.

304-558-2234

Gerald McDonald

304-525-1161

www.bhbdc.org

•  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
•  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
•  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
•  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.

•  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
•  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

•  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
•  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
•  county economic development agency
•  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
•  alliance for business development, community development
•  investment promotion agency - IPA
•  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
•  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
•  trade and investment promotion offices

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