ADVANTAGE VALLEY, WEST VIRGINIA Information

🔹Looking to invest in new facilities for your business? 🔹 I invite you to compare West Virginia, and especially the Charleston-Huntington Metro Region, to other states and locations. Is talent attraction and workforce availability your pain point? Our loyal regional workforce of over 353,000 boasts the lowest manufacturing turnover rate in the country. Do you need a site that can serve your logistics needs? Our sites and buildings are accessed by multiple interstates, two Class I railroads, two airports, and navigable waterways that will connect you within 8 hours to 60% of the U.S. population. And if cost is your driving motivation, compare our highly competitive tax and utility rates, low Workers Compensation rates, and low cost of real estate. Advantage Valley, Inc. is West Virginia’s Charleston to Huntington Metro Region lead economic development marketing organization, working to promote the region and assist companies looking to open or expand operations. As a regional private nonprofit organization, Advantage Valley is a prototype for how the State's economic development efforts can be regionalized to promote greater collaboration and efficient use of resources. We’re here to provide companies and organizations with the information and analytics they need to make location and investment decisions. And, our work is always kept strictly confidential. Advantage Valley, Inc has a small staff and only sees results working collaboratively with EDAs in each of the nine counties in the Huntington – Charleston Metro Region including Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, Mason, Jackson and Wayne. Our approach to economic development is to work collaboratively as a unified region to: * Increase Business Attraction Efforts, * Retain and Grow Existing Businesses * Increase Rate of Business Startups #FASTERWV Advantage Valley operates an entrepreneurship program called FASTER WV! Learn more at our website!