Generation West Virginia hosts project planning workshop for digital equity grants [Video]

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Generation West Virginia (WV) hosted a project planning workshop at the Uptown Event Center in Clarksburg on Monday with the goal of identifying local barriers and challenges for residents in connecting and accessing internet resources.

This workshop is one of several and makes up Generation WV’s second round of them. The nonprofit statewide organization focuses on “attracting, retaining and advancing” West Virginians.

Those in attendance included community members of the state’s northern region as well as members of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Connect Community and the State Office of Broadband.

Members of the State Office of Broadband spoke about upcoming grant programs, all while listening to the concerns of local community members to ensure the funding is best applied in the communities it will go toward.

12 News spoke with Generation WV’s Broadband Program Director Annie Stroud on the importance of identifying internet accessibility issues through open discussion.

“West Virginia, of course, has …