West Virginia University leadership, partnered with the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, helped plant the seeds of a statewide innovation jobs initiative that recently attracted a $250,000 grant.
U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin and U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, all D-W.Va., announced that TechConnect WV would receive a $250,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration to continue its efforts to diversify the Mountain State economy and create high-wage jobs.
The program started as an idea generated and developed jointly by the WVU Research Office and the Benedum Foundation, which provided initial funding, said Russ Lorince, director of economic development at WVU.
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