Charleston Area Alliance - Charleston, WV

Local and Regional Organizations that serve Charleston, WV.

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General About the Organization/Mission

Charleston Area Alliance is taking a business approach to community networking to ultimately increase natural and built assets through sustainable development. "Creating jobs. Enhancing our community. Investing in people". The long-term vision Vision 2030 is their own inspiration to increase networking, jobs, job security and sustainability efforts for the Kanawha Valley by the year 2030. By creating this roadmap they are pursuing a journey that will face issues locally and eventually become a means to an end for ending loose networking within a region.

Basic Info

Type of Organization	Non-profit
Website	http://www.charlestonareaalliance.org/
Primary Contact	Phone: (304)-340-4253; Fax : (304)-340-4275 email: [email protected] Located at 1116 Smith Street, Charleston, WV 25301
Social Media	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charleston-Area-Alliance/106843632683936 https://twitter.com/CAAlliance?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Issues of Focus

Accomplishing Projects through "Seven Drivers" these include:

Education = Alliance Economic Development Committee
Innovation/R&D = Alliance Economic Development Committee
Leadership = Alliance Leadership Kanawha Valley
Chemicals = Alliance Economic Development Committee
Energy = Alliance Economic Development Committee
Healthcare = Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement
Downtown Revitalization = Alliance Community Development Community

Essentially what all this implies is longevity and sustainable groups that will be able to utilize community groups that are already enact within the Kanawha Valley Region thereby giving them the opportunity to provide services as well.

History of Organization

Originating in 2004, the Charleston Area Alliance was founded through the merging of 3 separate organizations in an effort to promote economic opportunities/ enhancement of community networking throughout the greater Charleston area. The three businesses that together founded the Alliance include:

Business & Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCO), the region's industrial and economic development organization.
Charleston Renaissance Corporation, the downtown and neighborhood development organization.
Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce, the state's largest regional Chamber of Commerce.

Current Projects