Coalfield Development Corporation

05/20/2026

Logan and Mingo County friends, spread the word about this exciting paid training that we're offering soon! As tourism continues to grow in the coalfields, let's make sure our folks are trained with the skills and resources to amplify our regional assets through trail building, forest management, construction/safety, and more! Sign up quick, only a few spots open! Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forestry-trail-maintenance-tickets-1989409535474?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/19/2026

Today, Coalfield Development and the WV Community Development Hub co-presented at the State Capital on the importance of tangible economic and workforce development through our ACT Now Coalition with support from lobbyist Tommy Bailey. And while our collective impacts speak for themselves, we are honored to be spokespersons for our communities and workers as we deepen our collaborations with our state partners!

05/18/2026

Appalachians have grown a healthy distrust and skepticism due to a century of broken promises. Today, our people get to shape a National Promise to Work in partnership with the National Skills Coalition, and it all starts with listening to the voices on the ground and understanding the needs and opportunities our communities have! Check out an exciting snapshot of that process here with our CEO Jacob!

05/12/2026

We have an exciting paid training coming up in Wayne County this month from May 26-Jun 26, please share with folks that you think could benefit construction, flood repair, safety, and more! Sign up with the link here!

Participants in this program will receive industry-recognized certifications, hands-on job training, and wraparound service support.

05/11/2026

If you’re in Wayne County, please come by and apply! We’re excited to be so close to getting these units finished and lived in!!

We are hosting an application drive next Wednesday, May 13th on site! Feel free to come by and have the opportunity to fill out an application to live at New Day Apartments.

04/29/2026

Today is our CEO's 34th birthday, and he has a special message to share!

04/24/2026

Come celebrate Earth Month tomorrow by eating Earth’s most peculiar and innately Appalachian delicacy: the ramp!

TOMMORROW!

Come on out and support local! Ramp meals will be served out of The Wild Ramps very own Harvest Kitchen and will feature

🍖Ham cooked with ramp infused oil
🥔Ramp Potatoes
🫘Ramp Pinto Beans
🌱Whole Fried Ramp
🥬Ramp coleslaw
🌽🍞Side of Cornbread

-> Vegetarian meals have extra helpings of beans and also include pasta salad

Meals are $17 per meal. Drink sold seperately (bottled water & soda)

04/22/2026

Get ready for this year's Small Communities, BIG Solutions Conference!
Get your tickets for a day full of networking, collaboration, and ideas that can change West Virginia!

04/18/2026

10 years ago when we took on our biggest project ever, we invited the community into the old Corbin Factory (now West Edge Factory) and asked a simple question: "What do you want to see in this space?" A lot of amazing ideas came forward: businesses, jobs, training, but most of all, the community shared that they wanted a space for the arts. To celebrate the amazing talents and skills in the community.

Since then, we gradually brought that vision to fruition: dozens of businesses now operate here, thousands of people have been trained in this space, hundreds of jobs created, and numerous artists, concerts and workshops have launched! But we never stopped working to build an intentional space for celebrating the arts. Today, that space is officially open to the public with 17 bands performing today in our very first black box theater! We lost a lot of federal grants to build out the space, so we rolled up our sleeves and renovated the space with a bare bones kind of aesthetic - and the end result is a warm, intimate, and unique experience that places artists right in reach of the community. And in the spirit of it being "bare bones" and it being positioned in the heart of West Edge, we're nicknaming it "The Ribcage Theater." Come check it out!