Local group represented at Virginia conference

The Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities (BRECC) Coalition met on June 7-9 for their first peer-exchange tour in Southwest Virginia. The Coalition aims to serve coal communities seeking to revitalize and diversify their economies. BRECC was launched on Nov. 3, 2022, and is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA). Twenty leaders from Coal communities from across the US spent three days touring Wise County, Virginia.