Mountain Empire Community College Is Set To Receive More Than A Million Dollars In Federal And State Grant Money. Just Over 419-Thousand Dollars In Funding Is Coming From The Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. There’S Also 925-Thousand Dollars In Grant Money Pending From The Federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Fund. All Of The Money Will Be Used To Expand Trade Programs At The College’S Off-Site Center Near Appalachia.