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Welcome to Wayne County, West Virginia
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Wayne County is located within 500 miles of 1/2 of the population of the United States and 1/3 of that of Canada.
Wayne County is located on the western edge of the Appalachian Mountains in the beautiful Mid-Ohio valley and is bounded on the north by the Ohio River on the west by the Big Sandy and Tug Fork Rivers.

608 Hendricks Street Suite 202
P.O. Box 519
Wayne, WV 25570
304-272-9050

 

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DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2009

PRICHARD INTERMODAL FACILITY (PIF) - I have been in touch with the WV Public Port Authority regarding the pending MOA. So far this has not been completed. All indications I have been able to glean at state or national levels remains very positive with regard to the grant request.

HAMER - I have put a company representative in direct contact with the representative of Hamer regarding development of the property. At the same time I contacted an agent of the WV Development Office who is contacting HAMER as well, with an eye to a broader approach to development there. Additionally I spoke with HADCO about this potential site and am told they are entertaining a potential client this month. I am hopeful this may move in concert with PIF to give real momentum to our efforts here.

BROADBAND - We have been informed that the Broadband Grant did NOT receive the funding necessary to provide broadband service to Prichard. In this past week we (FRN, WCEDA, HABITAT, EXTENSION SERVICE, etc.) met with reps from USDA who provided info on how we (as a community/county) may move to acquire grant funding during the next go around for a project which might include not only Prichard but points south to Crum.

WEB SITE – Is very near completion and will have a draft you can look at for the next meeting. Please feel to offer any suggestions, etc. at that time.

MISCELLANEOUS - The potential development alluded to in the Ceredo area is moving with some increase in viability and vigor. As the primaries are now in direct contact with each other and heavily engaged.

A meeting is being arranged with our County Commissioners, the Housing Authority, and our EDA regarding the Recovery Act Bonds and facilitated by a representative of Steptoe and Johnson. HADCO previously did this at their offices, but a scheduling conflict prevented WCC Administrator and myself from attending. We have the power point made available, but I felt person to person contact, where questions may be raised was preferable. Once the date and time has been set I will let you know.
DON PERDUE
Executive Director