Appalachia Matters

From the Moon to the Coal Mine, Making Opportunities & Senior Vouchers


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From the Moon to the Coal Mine, Making Opportunities, & Senior Vouchers     This week on At The Leadership Table, General James Hoyer sits down with Alex Weld, Executive Director of Generation West Virginia, a nonprofit organization that works with young people to help place them in careers across the state. Alex and the General discuss how Generation contributes to key economic development initiatives in the state and to enhancing the relationships between job seekers and employers.   

In the Rooted In The Mountain State segment provided by the Department of Agriculture, we will learn about vouchers for seniors so they can buy produce grown in West Virginia or within 50 miles of the state’s border.  
Tom Susman talks with Leslie Baker who is with the City of Beckley, and they operate the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine and other coal related offerings at New River Park. If you want to go in a coal mine Leslie will tell you how.  

Constellium is a manufacturer in Jackson County, and they provide parts for NASA including the Artemis Rocket program that has a goal of putting Americans on the moon. Folks from NASA toured the plant. In our final segment we will play a report that aired on WMOV radio about the visit.
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Appalachia MattersBy Thomas Susman, Producer