A youth solar apprenticeship program is changing lives and accelerating the switch to green energy in Southwest Virginia.
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Solar Apprenticeship Program Benefits Southwest Virginia
TAGS: apprenticeship job training Solar solar workforce Solar Workforce Accelerator Program Southwest Virginia Solar Workgroup
Luthiery school opens manufacturing facility to provide economic opportunity
The Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, Ky., recently opened the Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company to train people for high-paying and highly skilled jobs in poverty-stricken areas.
TAGS: addiction recovery Appalachian music Appalachian Regional Commission job training luthier luthiery workforce development
Appalachian citizens react to Trump administration proposal to close job-training centers
CONTACTS: Adam Wells, Regional Director of Community and Economic Development, adam@appvoices.org, 276-807-8269 Cat McCue, Communications Director, cat@appvoices.org, 434-293-6373 The Department of Labor today published notice in the Federal Register regarding proposed closure of nine federal job-training centers around the country.…
POWER Initiative Grants Awarded
On Aug. 24, the White House announced the recipients of the latest round of POWER Initiative grants. A majority of the 29 projects receiving funding are in in Central Appalachia.
Reworking the Region
From innovative job-training models and worker-owned business to the prospect of federal funding to reinvigorate Appalachia, people across the region are working for a stronger economy.
TAGS: Appalachian economy Economic diversification Economic revitalization job training North Carolina power plus plan West Virginia
