Shane McGraw of RC General Contractors works on a laptop at the remodeled lobby of the West Virginia State University Economic Development Center on the West Side, home to DigiSo.

Sarah Halstead, who helped found DigiSo, an incubator for creative artists, hopes the center will help inspire young people in the community.

K.D. Lett (left), Micah Ellers and Curtis Baskerville are among a core group of founding anchor artists who will work at DigiSo and mentor students.

Furniture and other boxed equipment fills a meeting room/gallery in the renovated WVSU Economic Development Center, home to DigiSo. A grand re-opening is planned April 10.

DigiSo shares space with the WVSU Economic Development Center in an old storefront on Kanawha Boulevard West. Artists could soon dress up the exterior.

8x6 DIGISO1 Digisol on kanawha boulevard --- Shane McGraw, of RC General Contractors works on a laptop at a workspace near the front entrance. photo by chris dorst