Economic Development
Pulaski Community Development and Learning Center

• Economic Development
  Beans and Rice also is engaged in developing local entrepreneurial activity through a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. This activity will lead to a Southwest Virginia/Allegheny Highlanders Crafter network and a craft outlet on I-81 in Pulaski County.
• Pulaski Individual Development Account Program
  Partnering with the New Enterprise Fund Beans and Rice is the intake and support for savers in the Individual Development account program. This is a two for one program that leads to home ownership, post secondary education, or small-business startup/development.
• Middle College
  A project of Beans and Rice, Adult Education, and New River Community College, the program will work with Adult Learners who are not quite ready for community college and want to upgrade skills.
• Economy Literacy and Technology Literacy
  Classes that upgrade technology skills while developing understanding of micror enterprise options.