March 27, West Virginia Metro News BUFFALO, W.Va. — A leading name in the cyber world has made the decision to locate in West Virginia. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday Google has purchased property near Buffalo in Putnam County for a data center. MetroNews has...
Global Eye Care Leader Expands in West Virginia with $81 Million Investment and 75 New Jobs Posted on March 27, 2026 A global leader in eye care is expanding its presence in West Virginia, reinforcing the state’s growing role in advanced manufacturing and life...
Keith Burdette and Pat Ford of The West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone (PAZ) traveled to The Woodlands near Houston to attend the World Chemical Forum where they continued PAZ’s efforts to recruit new investments and jobs to the region and to West Virginia. The...
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A new artificial intelligence computing campus planned for Mason County could become one of the largest AI infrastructure projects in the world following a partnership between technology companies Nscale, Microsoft and NVIDIA. Nscale announced...
West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone (PAZ) President Keith Burdette announced Cam Huffman has joined the organization under contract as Director of External Relations. Huffman is well known to many across the region for his longstanding work in...
The West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone (PAZ) announced the first recipients of its new Economic Development Travel Grant Program, an initiative designed to strengthen regional business recruitment by supporting local economic development organizations within the PAZ...
One of the biggest retail operations on the planet, Amazon, opened a facility in Wood County in late 2025. Amazon Services LLC purchased property from the Polymer Alliance Zone off Meadville Road in Davisville for $2.96 million in December 2024. An approximately...
Pipeline infrastructure will support regional economic development opportunities and expand access to natural gas for local families and businesses Source: Hope Gas Morgantown, WV, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Governor Patrick Morrisey today joined the...
Pat Ford has joined the Polymer Alliance Zone joined as Vice President. Ford brings more than three decades of business development and external affairs experience in the private and public sectors to the role. “I am grateful to Keith Burdette and the PAZ Board...
Headquartered in Wood County, the Polymer Alliance Zone works to recruit businesses domestically and internationally to West Virginia along the Ohio River. “We’re the largest regional economic development group in the state of West Virginia,” said Keith Burdette,...
MARIETTA — Shale Crescent USA, a non-profit group of business and community leaders from Ohio and West Virginia, attended the World Petrochemical Conference March 20 in Houston to promote the Mid-Ohio Valley and the Shale Crescent for high-energy manufacturing...
Davisville, West Virginia – Keith Burdette has been named President and Chief Executive Officerof the Polymer Alliance Zone, Inc. (PAZ) – a five county, public-private partnership of the plastics industry, education and government that works to create new jobs and...
