This EDA investment supports the morgantown utility board with constructing a water extension to serve a new beverage processing and packaging facility located at the morgantown industrial park in…

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $3.4 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) on October 21, 2021. The grant funding will support construction of a water extension by MUB to serve a new beverage processing and packaging facility located in the Morgantown Industrial Park in Monongalia County, West Virginia. The project delivers adequate water capacity of 700 gallons per minute daily to enable operations at the new manufacturing facility. Upon completion, the water extension project aims to bolster the local manufacturing industry, stimulate job creation, spur private investment, and strengthen economic resiliency for the region impacted by declines in the coal industry.

This EDA investment supports the morgantown utility board with constructing a water extension to serve a new beverage processing and packaging facility located at the morgantown industrial park in monongalia county, west virginia. The project will provide adequate water capacity to operate the new beverage facility, which will require 700 gallons per minute/24 hours a day. Once completed, the project will support the manufacturing industry, bolster job creation, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency to an area that has been impacted by the decline in the coal industry.