New River Valley, VA – The Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) recently awarded more than $2.5 million in grants to 21 projects focused on creating workforce pipelines for targeted industries and supporting the cultivation of critical industry resources to attract and grow Virginia-based businesses.
Montgomery County in partnership with the City of Roanoke received a grant for $100,000 “to survey the regionals needs to identify and implement a pilot cleanroom space.” The press release also stated that “The pilot cleanroom space in this project will be utilized to test and promote a state-of-the-art modular cleanroom model.” Cleanrooms are crucial for research and development in the production of products like microchips, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. This asset in the region would build upon the strong innovative culture currently in the NRV.
Additionally, Radford University, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Cybersecurity Initiative Southwest Virginia and a coalition of Montgomery County, Pulaski County and the City of Radford was also awarded a grant for their “Developing IT and Cybersecurity Certification Pipeline (ITCCP) to Advance Cluster Growth” program. You can read more about that project here.
Read the full GO Virginia press release here.
Explore more about the innovative business culture in Virginia’s New River Valley here.
Onward NRV: Onward NRV is a public/private, regional economic development organization whose mission is to attract and retain world class jobs, investment, and talent in Virginia’s New River Valley. It’s also a movement where leaders from business, government, and higher education work together to promote the economic vitality of the region.
