Wood Products Industrial Park

The Mingo County Wood Products Industrial Park is a $34 million project located in southern West Virginia on the border of Mingo and Logan Counties, adjacent to US Rout 119, the Robert C. Byrd Freeway. The Wood Products Industrial Park is situated on a reclaimed surface mine and represents the very best of environmental re-use. In late 1999, the MCRA began transforming this site into Mingo County’s first industrial park. The transformation wasn’t easy, as it would require the development of public/private partnerships, the implementation of innovative financing techniques, and the remediation of a mine scarred land into a 650 acre development site with access and infrastructure. At present there are three operations underway including Mohawk Flooring, Coal Mac, Inc., and Weatherford Fracturing Technologies. Though the site caters to value-added wood products, future endeavors will not be limited to this industry.

Belo Industrial Park

A geo-technically engineered site adjacent to US Route 119 greatly enhances opportunities in the Mingo County area. Two acres are available at the Belo site which will cater to a light industrial or manufacturing business. With fiber, electric, water, and sewage utilities already in place combined with its close proximity to Virginia and Kentucky, the Belo site offers many advantages to new firms and expanding or relocating businesses.

Air Transportation Park

The Air Transportation Park, currently under construction on the ridge tops of Mingo County, is the result of a public/private partnership with Alpha Natural Resources, the Mingo County Airport Authority, and the state and federal aviation agencies. This project will allow us to relocate our county airport to a post-mined site that is being created as a result of coal mining. The new airport will boast a state of the art 7,000’ runway, lighting, and instrumentation once funding is secured, and an additional 800 acres of developable property are being created adjacent to the airport site which will allow for the recruitment of even more business and industry to Mingo County.

I 73-74 King Coal Highway

Riding on top of the southern West Virginia mountains, this stretch of interstate highway unlocks 1,500 total acres of Mingo County land for development. Beneficial projects, like the Twisted-Gun 18 hole golf course and the Mingo County Air Transportation Park (completion in 2010), at either end of the highway make the new development sites (varying from five to 800 acres) very attractive to new or relocating firms. By 2010, development of the highway will be well underway and expansions scheduled for the three years following promise substantial incremental progress. For more information please contact our office or refer to the I 73-74/King Coal Highway website, www.wvkingcoal.com.

Mingo County Fish Hatchery

Construction of the MCRA Fish Hatchery was initiated in 1999. To meet the needs of a large-scale aquaculture industry in southern West Virginia, the capacity of the facility was constructed to permit the production of two batches of 320,000 fingerlings per year. This production capacity enables the facility to meet the needs of a multi-million pound per year commercial grow-out industry in southern West Virginia.

Funding to construct the facility was provided by $150,000 grant from the WV State Legislators and $150,000 grant from USDA-Rural Development. Mingo Logan Coal Company donated approximately $150,000 in-kind contributions for various items such as site prep, a new well and pump, a new 8" water line to the storage tank, a power line from the well to the hatchery. Pocahontas Land Corporation donated 2 ½ acres of property with a value of approximately $50,000 for the project.

The facility has been stocked with 188,000 Arctic Charr eggs since the spring of 2000. West Virginia Aqua (a local aquaculture consortium) is currently leasing and managing the facility. They have hired four full-time employees at the hatchery and expect to hire an additional 4-6 employees. Yukon Gold™ is a proprietary strain of Arctic Charr developed by Icy Waters over the past 12 years at its hatchery in Whitehorse. Yukon Gold Arctic Charr has consistently demonstrated superior performance and quality characteristics than any other domesticated strain of Arctic Charr.

Yukon Gold™ Arctic Charr, a member of the salmon family, has been accepted by the consumer as a high quality product having firm flesh and a more delicate flavor than salmon. Accordingly, Yukon Gold™ Arctic Charr commands a significant premium price in the marketplace. Yukon Gold™'s high survival rates and remarkable stocking densities make it a favorite among freshwater producers.

Yukon Gold™ Arctic Charr is one of the most exciting new aquaculture species available to the aquaculture industry and we believe that our customers will be delighted with its performance. Icy Waters is working closely with the University of Guelph and other leading University and research facilities in Canada and the United States to continually enhance the Yukon Gold™ strain through selective breeding techniques, nutritional advances, rearing techniques and hybridization.

DMV

This project consisted of the design and construction of a "Department of Motor Vehicles Office Facility"to be located on Third Avenue in the downtown area of the City of Williamson.

This downtown revitalization project consisted of design and construction of a brick face office facility for the Department of Motor Vehicles that will feature a "motorcycle testing area."

The project included the demolition of parking lot improvements, site work, installation of walkways, landscaping and other related site improvements.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is expected to create approximately 8 new jobs for the area.

Both facilities were completed in Spring of 2002.