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CoalfieldDevelopment

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We are rebuilding the Appalachian economy from the ground up.

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Our social enterprise, Revitalize Appalachia, partners with communities to transform abandoned spaces once deemed liabilities into assets, providing quality training and jobs for local folks along the way 🏡💪 Check out our 2024 milestones!

Our social enterprise, Revitalize Appalachia, partners with communities to transform abandoned spaces once deemed liabilities into assets, providing quality training and jobs for local folks along the way 🏡💪 Check out our 2024 milestones!
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🌱 Since our founding in 2009, we’ve driven millions in investment into Appalachian communities - supporting local entrepreneurs, workforce training w/ wraparound services, & community-led development. 💛🏠 Together, we’re rebuilding the Appalachian economy from the ground up.

🌱 Since our founding in 2009, we’ve driven millions in investment into Appalachian communities - supporting local entrepreneurs, workforce training w/ wraparound services, & community-led development. 💛🏠 Together, we’re rebuilding the Appalachian economy from the ground up.
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In 2024, we had our greatest training impacts yet, at 47 trainings for 702 people in a variety of industries. 🏗️ 47 trainings 👷 702 people trained 🔥 Our biggest impact year yet! We’re equipping Appalachians with skills for new careers. #CoalfieldTraining #WorkforceDevelopment

In 2024, we had our greatest training impacts yet, at 47 trainings for 702 people in a variety of industries.
🏗️ 47 trainings
👷 702 people trained
🔥 Our biggest impact year yet! We’re equipping Appalachians with skills for new careers. #CoalfieldTraining #WorkforceDevelopment
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What is PATH? 🤔 Our 4-6 week earn & learn training prepares real people for real jobs in Appalachia! 👉 $75/day stipend 👉 Hands-on training in construction, energy & more 👉 Certifications, digital literacy, job prep & other support This is workforce development in action!

What is PATH? 🤔
Our 4-6 week earn & learn training prepares real people for real jobs in Appalachia! 
👉 $75/day stipend
👉 Hands-on training in construction, energy & more
👉 Certifications, digital literacy, job prep & other support
This is workforce development in action!
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Join us TOMORROW to brainstorm ways to: ♻️ Integrate recycled materials into new supply chains 🛒 Build marketplaces for easy access 🚛Leverage industrial transportation routes and facilities to repair and redistribute goods? Register @ secure.everyaction.com/UKdV1M_Iv0Cfhe…

Join us TOMORROW to brainstorm ways to:
♻️ Integrate recycled materials into new supply chains
 🛒 Build marketplaces for easy access 
 🚛Leverage industrial transportation routes and facilities to repair and redistribute goods?

Register @
secure.everyaction.com/UKdV1M_Iv0Cfhe…
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🚀 Check out Generation West Virginia's Pathways to Progress conference—an event designed to tackle workforce challenges and unlock new opportunities for employers across WV! 📅 May 8, 2025 📍 Charleston Marriott Town Center Register here: generationwv.org/pathways-to-pr…

🚀 Check out <a href="/GenerationWV/">Generation West Virginia</a>'s Pathways to Progress conference—an event designed to tackle workforce challenges and unlock new opportunities for employers across WV!  

📅 May 8, 2025
 📍 Charleston Marriott Town Center

Register here: generationwv.org/pathways-to-pr…
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Workforce transformation in action: 25 local folks just graduated from our PATH training! 👷‍♂️ With hands-on learning, job prep, and certifications, they’re stepping into new opportunities. We’re proud of this class and all they’re creating for themselves and their communities.💪🌄

Workforce transformation in action: 25 local folks just graduated from our PATH training! 👷‍♂️ With hands-on learning, job prep, and certifications, they’re stepping into new opportunities. We’re proud of this class and all they’re creating for themselves and their communities.💪🌄
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Join us in Huntington next Thursday! 🌞 Register @ reimagineappalachia.org/reuse-design-j… We need incentives, policies, and innovative systems to maximize the benefits derived from used materials! Currently, regional incentives and policies around circular manufacturing are lacking. We

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📣 1 week to go! We’re proud to support Generation West Virginia’s #PathwaysToProgress conference—focused on real solutions for WV’s workforce. 💼🌄 📅 May 8 |📍Charleston, WV ✅ Training & funding ✅ Talent retention ✅ Multigenerational teams ✅ Future of work 👉bit.ly/4iKbbbo

📣 1 week to go! We’re proud to support <a href="/GenerationWV/">Generation West Virginia</a>’s #PathwaysToProgress conference—focused on real solutions for WV’s workforce. 💼🌄

📅 May 8 |📍Charleston, WV
✅ Training &amp; funding
✅ Talent retention
✅ Multigenerational teams
✅ Future of work

👉bit.ly/4iKbbbo
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On #MayDay, we stand in solidarity with workers—past, present, and future. ✊ We invest in people often cast aside—folks facing barriers to employment—and equip them with tools to transform places that have been left behind, building lasting prosperity—by and for Appalachia. 🌄

On #MayDay, we stand in solidarity with workers—past, present, and future. ✊

We invest in people often cast aside—folks facing barriers to employment—and equip them with tools to transform places that have been left behind, building lasting prosperity—by and for Appalachia. 🌄
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📣 3 days to go! We'll be at High Rocks & First2 Network's free #WVWorkforceCoConference—connecting educators, students and jobseekers, employers, and workforce changemakers from across WV. 💼 📅 May 15-17 |📍Charleston, WV 👉eventbrite.com/e/first2-netwo…

📣 3 days to go! We'll be at <a href="/HighRocksEdCorp/">High Rocks</a> &amp; <a href="/First2Network/">First2 Network</a>'s free #WVWorkforceCoConference—connecting educators, students and jobseekers, employers, and workforce changemakers from across WV. 💼

📅 May 15-17 |📍Charleston, WV

👉eventbrite.com/e/first2-netwo…
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🎉 We've got a few more spot available on the waitlist for our Heavy Equipment & General Labor PATH Training! 💪 Paid, hands-on training + certifications ✅ Job prep + job fair 📅 May 27–June 27 | 📍 Huntington, WV 🚨 Spots are limited — register now: bit.ly/43qkp8h

🎉 We've got a few more spot available on the waitlist for our Heavy Equipment &amp; General Labor PATH Training!

💪 Paid, hands-on training + certifications
✅ Job prep + job fair

📅 May 27–June 27 | 📍 Huntington, WV
🚨 Spots are limited — register now: bit.ly/43qkp8h
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4 Coalfield Crew Members & a Crew Chief led a panel last week, sharing their journeys of training, growth, and leadership. ⭐ 🎤 Assistant Crew Chief Ashley Cain spoke on transformation—emphasizing mentorship and the safety to fail forward. Thanks High Rocks for hosting!

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Big news! We're excited to share that our CEO, Jacob Hannah, was selected as a 2025 The Rockefeller Foundation U.S. Big Bets Fellow. He’ll join a group of leaders making a difference in communities and advancing bold, innovative solutions. Check out the full cohort: rockfound.link/4kfM9T9

Big news! We're excited to share that our CEO, Jacob Hannah, was selected as a 2025 <a href="/RockefellerFdn/">The Rockefeller Foundation</a> U.S. Big Bets Fellow. He’ll join a group of leaders making a difference in communities and advancing bold, innovative solutions. Check out the full cohort: rockfound.link/4kfM9T9
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🎶 Festival THIS SUNDAY in Princeton, WV—celebrating the 100th birthday of Hazel Dickens, a powerful voice for working people and mountain music. 🎤 🌟Proceeds benefit @appcitizenslaw's #BlackLungKills initiative, supporting miners and their families. 👉bit.ly/4jrNrsW

🎶 Festival THIS SUNDAY in Princeton, WV—celebrating the 100th birthday of Hazel Dickens, a powerful voice for working people and mountain music. 🎤

🌟Proceeds benefit @appcitizenslaw's #BlackLungKills initiative, supporting miners and their families.

👉bit.ly/4jrNrsW
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We loved having WOWK 13 News visit us this week at our Highwall site! 📺🌄 Taking job loss and challenging terrain and turning them into people trained, jobs created, and community assets... it's what we do! #CoalfieldDevelopment wowktv.com/news/west-virg…

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🚀 Our CEO, Jacob Hannah, is representing our work at the Jobs for the Future (JFF) (Jobs for the Future) Horizons conference and collaborating with incredible practitioners and philanthropists to #BeBrave and shape bold, collective strategies for the future! 💡

🚀 Our CEO, Jacob Hannah, is representing our work at the <a href="/jfftweets/">Jobs for the Future (JFF)</a> (Jobs for the Future) Horizons conference and collaborating with incredible practitioners and philanthropists to #BeBrave and shape bold, collective strategies for the future! 💡
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🎀✂️ A huge thank you to our workforce Crews, project partners, and guests who joined us at last week's ribbon-cutting! At Highwall, we've turned former mine land into cabins, a farm, trails + more—driving tourism and job growth in Mingo County. 🏕️

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Independence is freeing. At Coalfield, we celebrate every win of freedom—freedom from addiction, joblessness, etc. To those undertaking that fight and to those in the service, who have made that fight possible for us all, may you enjoy the independence that you've earned today.

Independence is freeing. 

At Coalfield, we celebrate every win of freedom—freedom from addiction, joblessness, etc. To those undertaking that fight and to those in the service, who have made that fight possible for us all, may you enjoy the independence that you've earned today.
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🎉 Shoutout to our latest PATH Training grads! Over 5 weeks of paid training, they earned OSHA10, First Aid/CPR/AED, and more certifications—plus hands-on experience with CAT simulators, mini-excavators, and real community projects through Coalfield’s social enterprises. 💪

🎉 Shoutout to our latest PATH Training grads! Over 5 weeks of paid training, they earned OSHA10, First Aid/CPR/AED, and more certifications—plus hands-on experience with CAT simulators, mini-excavators, and real community projects through Coalfield’s social enterprises. 💪