CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – Efforts to improve West Virginia’s environment and economy have gotten a little more funding recently as the federal government announced $62.8 million in grant awards to the Appalachian Climate Technology Coalition (ACT Now).
The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded the funds through President Biden’s Build Back Better Challenge. Officials say the challenge is intended to build new economic development approaches and family wage jobs in targeted regions.
The targeted region in Wedst Virginia is the Southern Coalfields region. There are 8 projects that will focus on that region of the state. According to the U.S. Intergovernmental Council on Energy Communities, the Southern Coalfields area of the state has been identified as the most economically distressed and coal-impacted area in America.
“I think West Virginians have…