Leveraging WV’s Outdoor Assets

WV is leveraging its outdoor assets for economic and community development in a new collaborative program called Ascend WV. Danny Twilley, Ph.D. and assistant dean of the WVU Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative, explains to host Sheila Hyland how this talent and retention program helps the state through supporting remote professionals and their families who relocate to the state in pursuit of a high quality, outdoor lifestyle. oedc.wvu.edu