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Updated: 5/2020
ORIGINAL RECOVERY PARTNERS REGIONAL GOAL ASSOCIATED GOAL EVOLUTION ALIGNMENT PROJECTS
Business Development & Retention
Promote ​Main Street revitalization and stewardship strategies​ to enhance local economies while preserving character and conserving natural resources.
Evolve VISTA framework for Hometowns of the Clinch River, New River, Mount Rogers and High Knob to meet regional recovery needs.
Lead Partner: University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Partners:
● Opportunity SWVA
● Clinch River Valley
Initiative (CRVI)
● Communities of the
New River
● High Knob Regional
Initiative (HKRI)
● Mount Rogers
Communities
LENOWISCO: ● 1-2
Cumberland Plateau: ● Goal 7, Goal
11.13 Mount Rogers:
● CED Tourism: 5 New River Valley:
● 1.1 West Piedmont:
● 2.5
● Haysi Riverwalk
Development
● Community
Builder VISTAs
● CRVI:
Hometowns
● Virtual
Workshops / Educational Series / Content
● Damascus Activation
● Whitetop Activation
​SWVA Creative Economy Plan
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