Industrial Parks by themselves do not
guarantee that a business will prosper. There needs to be
community resources in place as well, and Grant County has
those resources.
The Grant Memorial Hospital is the region's
only general and surgical hospital. The 61-bed facility
has a 24-hour physician-staffed emergency room, an obstetrics
wing, intensive care unit and a full range of medical and
surgical services along with the latest diagnostic equipment
and procedures. As a community hospital, there is an extensive
outreach program to promote preventative health care strategies.
The Grant County school system is a
model of excellence and achievement, and the citizens of
Grant County willingly take on supplemental educational
levies to support and provide for programs and classes not
often found in a rural school system. The county provides
well for its students and teachers and one measure of success
is the number of awards given to the Grant County schools.
Adjacent to the Petersburg Schools campus
is the South Branch Vocational-Technical Center, which provides
training for students and adults from the neighboring counties
of Hardy and Pendleton, as well as those of Grant County.
Students here can be trained job-specific skills appropriate
to any business locating in the county. The Center actively
cooperates with local business in curricula design.
