Month: <span>August 2019</span>

by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR  Aug 28, 2019 With the beginning of development on Phase III of the I-79 High Technology Park, Marion County officials are hopeful that they can bring more economic diversification to the area. When Phase III is completed, the park will be able to hold a number of new […]

by Conor Griffith BUSINESS EDITOR FAIRMONT — Several of the Mountain State’s various strides and ongoing aspirations to enhance cybersecurity’s job-creating potential were detailed Wednesday morning at a working group meeting of TechConnect West Virginia. Gathering at the Robert H. Mollohan Building of the I-79 Technology Park, the working group consisted of representatives from state […]

If patience is a virtue, then Jim Estep may be the most virtuous man around. President and CEO of the High Technology Foundation, which has spearheaded technology development in North Central West Virginia for more than 20 years, Estep has waited patiently to be able to expand the foundation’s showpiece, the I-79 Technology Park. Like […]

by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Aug 11, 2019 FAIRMONT — After years of finding funds and drawing up plans, the High Technology Foundation is ready to begin work on Phase III of the I-79 Technology Park. Phase III, which will build a road to a currently uninhabited section of the park, is set […]