Eastern Panhandle Growth
Written by Megan Bevins
T he Mountain State’ s Eastern Panhandle consists of eight counties working together to ensure the region’ s success. From lodging and tourism to education and economic development, the panhandle’ s business community is making strides in creating a more vibrant place to live, work and play.
To acknowledge and honor the region’ s success, West Virginia Executive presents the Celebrate the Eastern Panhandle special advertising section. Advertorials featured on these pages represent essential parts of what makes the Eastern Panhandle one of West Virginia’ s premier destinations. •
INNOVATIVE TRAINING
At Blue Ridge Community & Technical College( CTC), technology meets innovation. Our engineering technology programs and lab spaces prepare students to work with the advanced automated systems that keep industries moving. Blue Ridge students gain the skills to install, program and maintain the equipment that drives modern production.
Blue Ridge promotes the attainment of a realworld technical education required for today’ s workforce. The Blue Ridge CTC Technology Center in Martinsburg, WV, features technologydriven, hands-on labs. Students learn advanced manufacturing, IT and plastics engineering skills on relevant and industry-specific equipment.
In addition to hands-on training, students can practice CDL and welding techniques on virtual reality equipment. Labs featuring artificial intelligence( AI) technology-driven systems, AI Boot Camps and IT courses in AI are just a few of the new ways Blue Ridge students get to experience technology meeting innovation.
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