The central west virginia regional counties, or counties with the lowest population (voters), poorest infrastructure and highest unemployment were unable to make the list.

It was unclear how funding a $6 million high school in Jefferson County creates jobs.

The projects listed by county:

Barbour:

Belington Industrial Park, $650,000

Berkeley:

Downtown Martinsburg redevelopment, $2.75 million

Eastern W.Va. Regional Airport terminal, $1.266 million

Cabell:

Marshall University biotechnology research park, $12.5 million

Pullman Square, downtown Huntington, $10.6 million

SOGEFI, a new business, $990,000

Fayette:

Wolf Creek business-industrial site, $2 million

Greenbrier:

Greenbrier Valley Theater, $250,000

Hampshire:

Hotel, conference and wellness center, $5.4 million

Hardy:

Moorefield wastewater treatment plant, $5 million

Land purchase by local government, $1 million

Harrison:

Charles Pointe conference center, Bridgeport, $6 million

Clarksburg parking garage, $4,358,500

Jefferson:

New high school, $6 million

Kanawha:

Charleston baseball park, $12 million

Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, $3 million

Biotechnology business incubator, $1.5 million

Expansion of BIDCO business incubator, $133,000

Lewis:

Stonewall Jackson Resort, $3.5 million

New state fire academy at Jackson's Mill, $2 million

Logan:

Chief Logan State Park lodge and recreation center, $10 million

Man hospital expansion, $1 million

Marion:

I-79 Technology Park expansion, $14.50 million

Fairmont parking garage, $2 million

Marshall:

Grand Vue Park construction, improvements, $2.16 million

Mason:

Point Pleasant Riverfront Park, $1.2 million

McDowell:

McDowell County Correctional Facility, $5.2 million

Mercer:

Technology center at Concord College, $2 million

Upgrades to Bluefield baseball park, $250,000

Mingo:

Redevelopment authority for two industrial parks, $4.5 million

Monongalia:

Morgantown public theater and marina, $13.9 million

Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at WVU, $10 million

Morgantown parking garage, Square at Falling Run, $5 million

National Biometric Security Project technology development, $2.3 million

Chaplin Hill reclaimed mine site, $1.2 million

Ohio:

Business park anchored by Cabela's, $35 million

Wheeling Park Commission, expansion of lodge, $2.5 million

Putnam:

Advantage Valley Partners business park, $3,228,302

Development authority business park, $1.57 million

Construction, renovation at WV Steel plant, Poca, $300,000

Construction of steel building for new business, $100,000

Raleigh:

X-Quad Commerce Center and Raleigh Memorial Air Industrial Park, $12 million

Randolph:

Tourism developments in Elkins, $1.5 million

Summers: Bluestone Dam hydroelectric plant, $2.5 million

Tucker:

Industrial park infrastructure, $500,000

Wood:

Electronic Recycling Center for polymer industry, $4.3 million

Riverfront Park in Parkersburg, $3 million

Wyoming:

Twin Falls Resort State Park lodge expansion, $3 million