Since this is 100 miles from me, maybe I'll teach there and get me a good retirement!
Here's the news article:
http://bdtonline.com/editorials/x480664028/Higher-education-New-college-will-create-66-jobs
http://timesnews.net/article.php?id=9028546:
LEBANON — The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) recently approved a $5.6 million loan for the development of a college of optometry in Buchanan County.
In its final meeting of 2010, the VCEDA board approved a request from the Buchanan County Industrial Development Authority for the loan to be used for the development of the tentatively named Appalachian College of Optometry to be located in the Buchanan Information Park in Grundy.
“Buchanan County has developed a very unique economic development strategy that is centered in part around the development of private graduate schools in the county as a means of creating direct and indirect jobs and other economic impacts,” said VCEDA Executive Director Jonathan Belcher.
The Appalachian School of Law and the Appalachian College of Pharmacy are both located in Buchanan County, and county leaders are now developing a college of optometry, he said.