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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 ...

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Elkins/Randolph Community Input Needed

You know all those opinions you have? All the impassioned discussions you have over coffee, dinner, or at work? Here’s a chance for your opinions to make actual change ...

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Financing Community Vibrancy

In the heart of Elkins, West Virginia, an inspiring transformation is taking place. Woodlands Development Group, is revitalizing neighborhoods by building new single-family homes on lots that were once ...

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Local Bank Support Critical to CDFI Success

As a CDFI focused on small business development, Lenders is a complement to local banks’ loan programs, not a competitor. Hoy Ferguson, President of Davis Trust Company in Elkins ...

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TipTop Of The Iceberg: Leveraging Funding into Large Local Investment

TipTop no longer needs us. The business now has the resources and collateral to qualify for conventional financing. But back in 2012, when Cade and Carrie Archuleta were purchasing ...

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Big Timber Shows the Big Impact of Small Businesses

Matt and Ashley Kwasniewski were shopping around for startup capital for their craft brewery idea in 2012, just as we opened the doors of Lenders. None of the commercial ...

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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 ...

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Infill Investments Inspire Innovation

Infill development describes the process of reutilizing urban or neighborhood properties for new building. Infill development targets abandoned, underutilized, dilapidated, and problem properties in neighborhoods for redevelopment. This reduces ...

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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 ...

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Firefly Commons Apartments Completed

Our new Firefly Commons project in Elkins is complete and fully leased. The 16-unit development is made up of six duplexes and a 4-unit townhome. After many years of ...

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