Small Business Solutions for Barbour County

Woodlands is excited to be taking part in a new group created to support existing and encourage new small businesses in Barbour County.

While the group’s objectives will be member-driven we envision that the group will problem solve common small business issues, coordinate events and sales, and become a clearinghouse for local opportunities and resources of value to the unique small business community in Barbour County.

Small and locally owned businesses form the heart and soul of Barbour County. This spring and summer we have seen a constant stream of ribbon-cuttings and newly occupied storefronts, showing that our business community is actively growing. We hope to  increase the chances of success for these new businesses, accelerate growth for established enterprises, and inspire others to turn their passions and talents into new businesses that become community assets.

The group is open to anyone who owns or aspires to start or own a small business or organization and will meet regularly in both Philippi and Belington throughout the year.

The first meeting will take place in downtown Philippi on July 11th from 5:30-7pm. The second meeting will be in Belington later in July. Watch this space, or our Facebook (@WDG.WCL) or Instagram (@woodlandswv) accounts for updates.

Stories

Norton’s Ultimate Small Business

Jeff Strahin, now-owner of Jeff’s Ultimate Grill, came to Woodlands in 2020 through the Mon Forest Business Initiative. Jeff, a veteran of the US Navy, had been living in ...

Read More
News

Resurrecting the Golden Rule’s Water Powered Elevator

We invite you to watch a bit of the story of the marvelous water powered elevator in the Golden Rule Building in Belington, WV. This innovative piece of machinery ...

Read More
News

Call for Artists: Lost Towns of the Mon RFQ

Woodlands Development Group (Woodlands), is seeking professional artists to design and create original artwork for a Lost Towns of the Mon permanent art collection in the newly-rehabilitated Tygart Hotel ...

Read More
News

Do Unto Others: Belington’s Historic Building Rises Again

The 120-year-old building survived a 20-year vacancy, fires, weatherization challenges, and the test of time to rise again as a centerpiece, economic driver, and community space in the heart ...

Read More
Stories

Northview Apartments Impress Local Residents and US Senators

When we completed work on our Northview Senior Apartments in 2016 the project was lauded by everyone from our US Senator Shelly Moore Capito to the new tenants of ...

Read More
News

Invest Appalachia Announces $19M in New Funding

Invest Appalachia (IA) has announced $19M of new investment in a fund to provide capital to community economic development projects. Focused on increasing investment in Appalachia overall, 90% of ...

Read More
Stories

Green Building Initiative: Conditioned Crawl Spaces

Since our inception in the mid-1990s Woodlands has been pushing the envelope and including green building practices on every project. Wrapped in the final package of a finished house, ...

Read More
News

Mon Forest Towns Initiative Awarded $1.89 ARC POWER Grant

Elkins, West Virginia, October 16, 2024 — Woodlands Community Lender, on behalf of the Mon Forest Towns Partnership, has been awarded $1,897,136 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to ...

Read More
Stories

Tygart Hotel Project on Track to Begin Reconstruction in Early 2022

Key partners and investors meet at Tygart property to discuss plans for the iconic and historic Elkins property. [09.29.2021] A group of local business owners, nonprofit organization leaders, and ...

Read More
News

Tygart Hotel Artwork to Honor Lost Towns of the Monongahela National Forest

We are excited to announce “Lost Towns/Lost Communities” a collaboration with West Virginia artists to create artwork for the Tygart Hotel exploring five ghost towns in the Monongahela National ...

Read More
Stories

Golden Rule Saved

Many of our housing and development projects are quiet, neighborhood projects that don’t demand much coverage in the press but the Golden Rule project in Belington, WV caught the ...

Read More
News

Non-traditional Lenders Playing Key Role in Success of Tygart Hotel Rehab

A key partner in the Tygart Hotel project, Partner Community Capital, recently sent a team from their Charles Town, WV to take stock of the progress being made in ...

Read More