LFLP Rainelle, WV Workshop RSVP

Rainelle, West Virginia is hosting a two-day community workshop on the topic of local food and its potential for strengthening our local economy, supporting healthier people and neighborhoods, and revitalizing our downtown. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US Department of Transportation (DOT), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Appalachian Regional Authority (ARC) have selected Rainelle for the Local Foods, Local Places technical assistance program, which will result in an action plan for strengthening our local food economy. 

A team of these agency partners and their consultants will join local stakeholders to conduct a workshop in Rainelle on June 27th and 28th. Your participation and knowledge of the local area is needed to help make this event a success. The workshop will bring together many key stakeholders from throughout our region to develop an action plan primarily around, but not limited to, these goal areas:

·         Explore the benefits of and potential around growing the local food economy
·         Strengthen and enhance the farmers’ markets in and around Rainelle
·         Exchange ideas and craft strategies to revitalize downtown Rainelle
·         Create and/or strengthen connections and partnerships, both locally and regionally, to achieve the above goals.

The workshop will include presentations on community livability and the roles that local foods play in supporting it, plus small group working sessions and discussions on the community’s vision and goals, and specific actions for reaching them. The workshop will lay out an action plan for moving forward.