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Autism Support Brings Services, Careers to Small Towns

At Woodlands Community Lenders, our mission is to support small businesses and foster economic growth in rural communities. One of our standout success stories this year comes from Mountainside ...

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Buzz Words: Rural, Veteran, and Woman-Owned Small Business Grows

In Buckhannon, West Virginia, Sheila and Stephen Clark have carved out a niche that blends family, community, and entrepreneurship through their business, Buzz and Cluck. With a humorous nod ...

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“I’m Very Particular About My Fish”

John Bell, owner and operator of Johnny B’s Campground in southern Randolph County, takes his fishing ponds very seriously. The central feature of a multi-faceted property, his three fishing ...

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Coe’s Country Store: A Study in Rural Collaboration

On a sparkling day at the tail end of winter Woodlands Development & Lending joined Nicole Coe and a host of her family and supporters to cut the ribbon ...

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A Golden Rule Ghost Story

all words and photos by JoLynn Powers, reprinted with permission JoLynn Powers served as an Americorps with Woodlands during the early stages of reconstruction work on the Golden Rule ...

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The Slow Rescue of the Opera-less Opera House of Thomas, WV

feature image courtesy Alpine Heritage Preservation Imagine you are an enterprising settler in the highest and wildest part of the WV wilderness in the early 1890s. The booming coal ...

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