Program Participation

Application

The application round is open from February 8, 2024 through April 12, 2024.

To participate in Opportunity Appalachia and receive technical assistance for your project’s prospectus development and support for capital raising, we encourage you to:

Join the state outreach meeting in you state (see below for dates).
Submit the Opportunity Appalachia application to participate, see below for the link to the application and submission dates. It is anticipated that approximately 30 projects in Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia will be selected to participate in the Opportunity Appalachia program. If you have questions about the application, please contact the lead state partner in your state, listed below.

Opportunity Appalachia welcomes applications targeting one or several projects. Multiple project applications should demonstrate that the projects have related, compatible development strategies.

Application Deadline: April 12, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT
Applications must be submitted via the Online Application Form to be considered for program support

Complete the Online Application Form

To draft your responses, you may download a PDF of the APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION

For questions about the application, please contact the partner in your state, noted below.

Lead State Partners

For questions about the application, please contact the partner in your state, noted below:

Kentucky	Dwain Neeley Vice President of Community Lending at Fahe: Dwain.Neeley@fahe.org _________________________________________________
North Carolina	Christine Laucher Strategic Partnership Manager at Mountain BizWorks christine@mountainbizworks.org _________________________________________________
Ohio	Katy Farber Vice President at OhioSE: katy@ohiose.com _________________________________________________
Tennessee	Victoria Hirschberg Assistant Vice President of Research, Outreach and Economic Development at University of Tennessee victoria@tennessee.edu _________________________________________________
Virginia	Vickie Ratliff Opportunity SWVA Project Lead at University of Virginia at Wise: vr9a@uvawise.edu _________________________________________________
West Virginia	Ray Moeller Economic Redevelopment Specialist at the Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University raymond.moeller@mail.wvu.edu

OUTREACH MEETINGS

To learn more about the Opportunity Appalachia program, please attend a session.

Program Launch Webinar Recording

Opportunity Appalachia hosted a webinar on January 18 to launch Opportunity Appalachia 2024. The webinar will feature Gayle Manchin, Federal co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, Tom Barkin, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and a welcome from Donna Gambrell, President & CEO of Appalachian Community Capital.

Download our FAQ and Webinar Q&A