Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE Planning Grant, Setting Appalachia’s Workforce on Track to Adapt to the Changing Construction Landscape, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia

A grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help Virginia Tech create a road map to address the affordable housing crisis and promote innovative and sustainable construction practices in Central Appalachia.

The Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement (CECE), in partnership with the Virginia Center for Housing Research in the College of Engineering, received a $453,743 grant through the commission’s Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through multistate collaborative projects across Appalachia.

Grant will help build the future of Central Appalachia’s construction workforce