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The West Virginia Regional Technology Park (Tech Park) in South Charleston is the newest research, education and technology campus in West Virginia’s higher education system. The state recently acquired the Tech Park through a generous donation of land and facilities by Dow Chemical Company.

 

While the park is new to the state’s higher education system, the facility has a more than 60-year history of research and technological contributions, having been established by Dow Chemical-predecessor Union Carbide Corporation as the company’s primary research center in 1949.

 

Now operated by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the Tech Park adds significant capacity to the state’s academic, research and economic development missions.

 

The Tech Park is undergoing a long-term development and expansion program to match the anticipated future needs of the state’s higher education system and its economic development efforts. That expansion and development is the result of long-range recommendations developed by the Battelle Memorial Institute in partnership with CH2M HILL regarding area and market potential. Those recommendations were accomplished through a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

This is a place where we can turn our investments into high-tech jobs and diverse economic opportunities, which is critical to securing a strong and vibrant future for West Virginia.

– U.S. Senator Joe Manchin