WVU hosting conference to explore Morgantown’s economic future The issue of the area’s economic status and possible impacts of the nation’s economic woes will be examined during the Morgantown Economic Outlook Conference from 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, March 12, at the Waterfront Place Hotel. The conference, presented by the WVU College of Business and Economics, will focus on the national economic slowdown and the housing correction and what they may mean for job, population and income growth in the Morgantown metropolitan area, which includes Monongalia and Preston counties. Economic forecasts and analysis of the Morgantown MSA for the next five years will be available. Economists George Hammond of WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Nigel Gault of Global Insight, a national economic forecasting firm, will be featured along with a panel discussion with local business and government leaders. More on the Intranet: http://intranet.wvu.edu