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        <description><![CDATA[ An interdisciplinary team is working alongside Amonate residents to preserve the former coal town&#39;s history, identify community priorities, and build local capacity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The popular 34-mile rail trail generates more than $61 million annually and supports hundreds of jobs across four counties, reflecting its vital role in the region’s economy as communities rebuild after Hurricane Helene.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Southwest Center brought about 70 girls, all high school juniors or seniors, from the rural coalfields of Buchanan County on a tour of the Blacksburg campus to spotlight STEM career opportunities.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Penny McCallum has touched thousands of lives in the hills and hollers of the region, changing classrooms through programs that improve instruction and inspire students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ There has never been a more important time to plug into the expertise at Virginia Tech to address the needs of the commonwealth’s K-12 teachers, Director Penny McCallum says. ]]></description>
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