The New River Gorge area and southern West Virginia are being showcased at this yr’s annual Philanthropy West Virginia 2022 Convention at Glade Springs in Daniels. Periods will probably be each in particular person and digital for contributors.
Jina Belcher, govt director of the New River Gorge Regional Growth Authority (NRGRDA), and Judy Moore, govt director of the West Virginia Hive and managing director of Nation Roads Angel Community (CRAN), will each be collaborating in panels on the three-day gathering.
Belcher’s panel, “Shifting to Options in Southern West Virginia,” is at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Moore’s panel, “Cultivating Entrepreneurship and Financial Growth,” is at 11:05 a.m. on Friday.
NRGRDA employees – together with Allison Smith, Likelihood Raso, Andy Davis, Olivia Morris, Jenna Grayson, Belcher and Moore – will probably be supporting native occasions Thursday afternoon and night, together with excursions of Beckley, Fayetteville and Mount Hope and a festive “Style of New River Gorge” dinner.
“NRGRDA’s onerous work in the course of the previous a number of years has led to a definitive turning level for the New River Gorge area and southern West Virginia,” Belcher mentioned in a press launch. “The nationwide park designation expedited the expectations of in-state residents and tens of millions extra vacationers set to go to the area sooner or later. Supporting and sponsoring conferences just like the philanthropy neighborhood is an honor.”
Moore agreed, citing federal-state-local collaboration, elevated funding sources for neighborhood and financial improvement, and the profitable implementation of the WV Hive and Nation Roads Angel Community, the state’s solely licensed angel funding community capable of put money into new enterprise ventures.
“The West Virginia Hive has served greater than 400 companies and helped launch 53 new companies in its 12-county service space since its inception in 2016,” Moore mentioned within the launch. “Our staff is at the moment helping 102 shoppers with enterprise advising and technical help assist on enterprise modeling, financing, human assets, advertising and marketing, and different companies. And CRAN has invested practically $750,000 in 4 new firms to date.”
The Philanthropy West Virginia 2022 Convention is hosted yearly by nonprofit Philanthropy West Virginia headquartered in Morgantown. Each NRGRDA and WV Hive are sponsors of this yr’s convention. Convention attendees can go to them within the Networking Hub, close to convention registration.