Womenswear Manufacturer Creating Jobs and High-Quality Items in Princeton
Reid Miller .
Reid Miller , a small-scale luxury womenswear manufacturer and made-to-measure workshop , has recently launched a custom womenswear offering with the 100 Blouses project . Based in Princeton , WV , these 100 custom fit blouses are demonstrating the value of made-to-measure womenswear manufacturing to create jobs . Reid Miller ’ s Women ’ s Workshirt is made to fit each client and is locally sewn and naturally dyed in Princeton .
Reid Miller , the founder and CEO of her self-named apparel line , is building high-quality , classic wardrobe staples for the professional woman that are made to
fit each client . With support from the Bluefield manufacturing technology incubator , CART Inc ., Miller is incorporating the latest in digital pattern adaptation , cutting and client measurement technologies to create efficiencies and precision throughout the production process . Products are sold directly to consumers at reidmiller . us . This business model provides a higher value product to women that enables her company to pay fair wages to local sewers and use high-quality fabrics and sewing techniques usually reserved for menswear .
Monitoring Station Installed with $ 6,700 Grant from Town of Shepherdstown
Shepherd University ’ s Department of Environmental and Physical Sciences is using a $ 6,700 grant from the Corporation of Shepherdstown to monitor water quality in the Town Run .
Dr . Jeff Groff , department chair , and Dr . Peter Vila , associate professor of environmental and physical sciences , have installed a monitoring station on the creek that will show water and discharge levels and will measure oxygen , pH , temperature
and conductivity . The station is solar powered and will upload the data in real time to the web using Wi-Fi .
“ It is nice people can sense what ’ s happening in their watershed and have an appreciation for the water quality and the impacts that certain aspects may have on the water quality such as rain and discharge ,” says Vila . “ It ’ s good to know the background water characteristics , quantities and the chemical nature of the water .”
The Potomac River is Shepherdstown ’ s primary water source and the Town Run is its secondary water source , so the new monitoring station will benefit both the town and the university .
“ Shepherdstown is delighted to be a partner in this project that shows the value of a positive town-gown relationship ,” says Mayor Jim Auxer . “ The daily information gained from the monitoring system of our secondary water source has proven to be invaluable in improving water quality .”
The grant covers the cost of the equipment and a stipend for a student to help with the project . The monitoring station will also benefit students in several classes ,
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