If you're a sheet metal worker, if you're a contractor, if you're an electrician, if you're a plumber, if you're in the VO Tech area, West Virginia is going to be building like never before. I said that at the state of the state. We anticipate we're going to have a need for another 15 to 20,000 people in this space [construction]. We have to make sure that we're spending the next 60 days focusing on having people ready through our universities, our technical colleges, and also luring more people in from outside the state, I think that's important. (03:40–03:47)
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