The Brooke-Hancock Regional Planning and Development council (BH) is one of eleven regional planning and development councils in West Virginia and one of 73 local development districts in Appalachia. Its primary role is to prepare projects and programs for infrastructure, local capacity building and business development. To complete this task, the BH Regional Council annually prepares and adopts a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The CEDS is organized in the following fashion and may be accessed electronically here FY2009-2013 Comprehensive Economic Development Five Year Plan

Introduction and Purpose

Changes in the Region

Assessment of Progress in 2009

FY 2010 Development Program