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...
PAZ Awards Travel Grants to Local Economic Development Leadersto Strengthen Regional Recruitment at SelectUSA
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...
Beyond the Valley Retail: Amazon opened facility in Davisville in 2025
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...
Shale Crescent USA attends Texas Conference
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...
Keith Burdette named President and CEO of Polymer Alliance Zone
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...