Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

56 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 MCOUNTY, RGINIA W hen new businesses, residents and tourists are asked what makes Putnam County, West Virginia special the answer is always the same. “They always say the people,” says Ashley Alford- Glance, President of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve created a really friendly environment here for our residents and tourists and more specifically, our new businesses that come to the area. They say we’re extremely helpful and go above and beyond to help them relocate not only their family, but their business here and go the extra steps to make them feel comfortable and welcome.” Putnam County, population 58,000 has pulled out the welcome signs a lot over the past decade and will continue to do so as more businesses and people are realizing the benefits of living in an area where you can get a small town atmosphere between two larger cities. “We are strategically placed between the two largest cities in West Virginia – Huntington and Charleston,” says Morganne Tenney, Executive Director of the Putnam County Development AT A GLANCE PUTNAM COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA WHAT: A friendly, welcoming community of 58,000 WHERE: Located between Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia WEBSITE: www.putnamcountygov.com Rolling out the welcome mat