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Top 10 reasons to locate your business in West Virginia:
10. Choices abound – for work, home and play – giving West Virginians the opportunity to fashion lifestyles uniquely their own.
9. Centrally located West Virginia is within overnight trucking distance of more than 60 percent of the U.S. population and more
than a third of the Canadian population.
8. West Virginia has the sixth-lowest industrial electricity rate in the nation.
7. West Virginia has the seventh lowest cost of living rate in the U.S., according to the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.
6. West Virginia’s public schools continue to earn top marks on Education Week’s “Quality Counts” analysis.
5. The incidence of violent crime in West Virginia is consistently among the lowest in the nation.
4. West Virginia’s web of fiber optic networks and 100 percent digital switching offices allow for state-of-the-art voice, video and data
transmission services. The state’s citizens and businesses enjoy an uncommon ability to communicate with each other and the rest
of the world, thanks to advances in point-to-point wireless, satellite services, broad-band deployment and peer-to-peer technologies.
3. West Virginia is big enough to offer you every business advantage but small enough that you’ll experience a personal touch that our
competitor states can’t begin to approach.
2. West Virginia’s new slate of incentives includes the Strategic R&D credit that allows for a 100 percent tax offset for R&D projects.
And the No. 1 reason to locate your business in West Virginia…
1. West Virginia’s work force has earned an incredible reputation for dedication and loyalty as well as for low absenteeism and turnover. According to the Harbour report - a major automotive study - the Toyota facility in West Virginia continues to set the standard for engine production, a testament to the consistent high quality of West Virginia’s workforce.
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