And one thing we did this year is we're trying to supercharge the needs we have on the construction side. That's a pretty cool thing. Because of a lot of the good work we've done in terms of economic development, We're expecting over the next few years we're going to have a need for 15 to 20,000 new workers in the contractor field. Those are jobs for hard working West Virginians. Those are jobs for kids that are in high school right now that are trying to think about what they're going to do. (06:55–07:04)
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