Opportunity Appalachia
Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia
15 Public Projects
Opportunity Appalachia has a portfolio of 16 projects in OZs in Central Appalachia, designed to bring jobs, business support, and investment to hard-hit rural communities. These projects propose to create over 1,800 jobs and attract over $235M in financing to develop manufacturing facilities, downtown development, tech business, agricultural facilities, hotels, broadband deployment, and retail enterprises.
These projects are particularly important at this challenging time as local economies look to rebound from the Covid economic downturn. Opportunity Appalachia will work closely with both private investors and Federal agencies that have prioritized support for Opportunity Zone (OZ) communities, an essential component of our national economic recovery.
Opportunity Appalachia has been recognized as a leading OZ Catalyst by Forbes in The Forbes OZ 20: Top Opportunity Zone Catalysts. This selection was made through a partnership between the Sorenson Impact Center and Forbes recognizing community organizations and OZ Funds that are committed to achieving equitable economic growth in underserved communities.
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Bristol, VA
Micronic / Tornadic One-Pass™
Billions of gallons of industrial water are used daily, with >90% of it not reused. Driven by enviro...
Grafton, WV
The Station; A Cohen Collaborative
The completed Cohen project will be a mixed-use facility that provides space for both nonprofit and ...
Huntington, WV
Prichard Revitalization
Cornerstone CDC has partnered with Winterwood Development to completely restore the historic Hotel P...
Charleston, WV
Staats Building
30,000 sq. ft. mixed use historic building, 10,000 sq. ft. of retail, 16 apartment rentals. A ke...
Galax, VA
Vaughan Furniture Building
The mixed-use redevelopment of this anchor building will create a vibrant new landmark destination f...
Youngstown, OH
20 Federal Place
Built in 1926 as a luxury department store by Strouss-Hirschberg Company, this 332,000 building occu...
Struthers, OH
Green Industrial Manufacturing Ecosystem (GIME)-Phase 1
Green Industrial Manufacturing Ecosystem (GIME) was founded in 2020 to create a regional ecosystem i...
Chillicothe, OH
"Preservation Hall" - A Historic Canal Warehouse Building
The Canal Warehouse is a historic warehouse at the intersection of Main and Mulberry Streets in down...
Bristol, VA
Bristol Sports / Multi-Use Facility
The proposed 90,000 square foot facility will be home to a variety of indoor sports and community pr...
Elkins, WV
Tygart Hotel
The former grand hotel of Elkins built in 1907, Woodlands acquired the historic Tygart Hotel in 2018...
Huntington, WV
Thundercloud Fiber Network and Data Center - Phase 1 Cabell County
Thundercloud, Inc. is looking for impact investors to spur economic development in the nine-county r...
Bluefield, VA
mountTerra: Virginia Ave Warehouse
This project is to renovate/preserve a historic 1900’s warehouse located on main street Bluefield VA...
Fries, VA
Blue Ridge Plateau Initiative: NEO SPF - Specific Pathogen Free Sheep Production
For 15 years, New England Ovis (NEO) has set the gold standard for producing SPF sheep, verified fre...
Bluefield, VA
mountTerra: Logan Suites
This project is to renovate a historic school building located on in downtown Bluefield VA, into a s...
McConnelsville, OH
22 Loft-Style Apartments
Construct 22-loft style apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the Citizens National Bank Building/S...
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