[ in this issue | summer 2017 ]
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ISSUE
THE
A Q&A with
Woody Thrasher
As an entrepreneur, engineer
and business owner and
now the secretary of the
West Virginia Department of
Commerce, Woody Thrasher
is putting his skills to work
to bring new business to the
Mountain State.
78
65
FEATURES
74
82
68
12
WEST VIRGINIA EXECUTIVE
64 Accelerating the Economy
65 Guarding West Virginia’s Future
68
Promising Perspectives
on WV’s Future
73
America’s Best
Communities Competition
74 Coalfield Development
Corporation
82
How Transportation Tourism
is Thriving in West Virginia
86 Around the State