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West Virginia’s Move Incentive Program Changes Focus to Lewisburg

A program offering $20,000 in cash and incentives for remote workers to move to West Virginia has drawn dozens of newcomers and is now taking applications for a second host city. Thousands of people inquired about the opportunity, and 53 new residents from as far away as Germany are being welcomed to Morgantown. Now the public-private program has launched a second phase, hoping to attract new permanent residents to Lewisburg. Under the remote worker program, out-of-state participants who move to West Virginia will receive $12,000 along with annual passes to indulge in whitewater rafting, golf, rock climbing, horseback riding, skiing and ziplining. The full relocation package is valued at more than $20,000. Over the next five years the program plans to welcome more than 1,000 new remote workers to the state.

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