MORE ABOUT THE FASTER WV PROGRAM

This program will grow entrepreneurs and new businesses in Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam and Wayne Counties. The April 15 online ZOOM Meeting will be the first of a series of workshops for people who are interested in starting a new company or expanding an existing business.

FASTER WV will help startups and expansions in the following targeted sectors: Food & Beverage Production; River & Outdoor Recreation/Lodging; Dependent Care; Healthcare; Small Manufacturing; Construction Trades. The program will offer business coaching, entrepreneurship training, sector specific workshops, and access to capital.

 ~ Participants will work with a Growth Wheel Certified Business Coach, either through the WV Small Business Development Center (Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, and Putnam Counties) or Unlimited Future, Inc. (Cabell and Wayne Counties).

~ Participants will have access to entrepreneurship classes that build essential business skills, either through BridgeValley Community and Technical College’s Kauffman FastTrac Classes or Unlimited Future, Inc’s Planning for Profit Classes. Both organizations will be offering 8-week online Zoom classes quarterly at low or no cost to participants.

~ Participants of the FASTER WV program who have completed entrepreneurial training classes can apply to a Revolving Loan Fund dedicated to businesses in the Advantage Valley region. 

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HELPING EXISTING BUSINESSES GROW

ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT

PROMOTING BUSINESS START UPS

Advantage Valley represents the following WV Counties: Boone, Cabell, Clay,
Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne, Jackson, Mason; the following KY Counties: Boyd, Greenup; and the following OH County: Lawrence. 
This combined metropolitan statistical area represents:

30% of the state’s population
25% of the state’s employed workforce
$25 billion GDP
615,570 population