“ We started climbing in the New River Gorge in the 1990s and bought a house to use for weekend getaways ,” says Fussell . “ Over the years , we established really good friends and relationships in the area . We came up to our home in Fayetteville on Mother ’ s Day last year to get out of D . C . for a bit and just decided that we wanted to make it our permanent home . So , we sold our house in D . C . and bought another house in Wild Rock , right on the other side of the New River Gorge . We found last year that where you are is less important . I can reach all my goals working in West Virginia , and we can be closer to what we love — the outdoors . You don ’ t find the outdoor outlets like you have in West Virginia anywhere else .”
While natives and visitors marvel at the grandeur of the state ’ s mountains and rivers , it is the people and the communities they create that make people fall in love with Almost Heaven .
“ The types of friendships you develop in a place like Fayetteville are different ,” says Fussell . “ It is much more focused on what you enjoy when you ’ re not working , rather than in D . C ., which has more work-oriented relationships . We want to raise our kids with an understanding of community that you don ’ t find anywhere else than , in my opinion , West Virginia .”
Many find that once West Virginia becomes a part of them , the mountains call to them when they leave . Hampton Cokeley , a sales enablement marketing manager for Dell , moved home to Charleston , WV , last year after attending business school at the University of Texas and living and working in Austin . From his home in Charleston , Cokeley is able to work with his global sales team in places like China , Singapore , India and Europe .
Photo by Tim Naylor .
Congratulations to Mark Games for being named to the WV Executive Health Care Hall Of Fame .
Mark ’ s leadership makes Northwood Health Systems a glistening beacon of hope in the behavioral health system of West Virginia .
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