Tour of City Kicks Off Summit
HUNTINGTON — There are all kinds of locations across Huntington that illustrate the recent success the city has experienced in dealing with dilapidated property, and plenty of locations that ...
Read MoreBAD Buildings Summit Kicks Off to Inspire Other Communities to Renovate Buildings
This week, Huntington is hosting the BAD (blighted, abandoned and dilapidated) Buildings Summit, an event that aims to inspire other communities to renovate their dilapidated and abandoned buildings and ...
Read MoreHow Can West Virginia Towns Get Rid of Dilapidated Properties?
Representatives from twelve communities from across the state are in Huntington learning ways to deal with dilapidated and empty properties. The twelve communities were selected by a statewide coalition ...
Read MoreWVDEP Feature Brownfields Conference in Latest Edition of Environment Matters
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) released a feature on the 2014 West Virginia Brownfields Conference in Part 1 of their September 2014 Environment Matters public affairs ...
Read MoreWest Virginia Gets High Marks for Tackling Blighted Properties
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia is among a small group of states stepping up to take charge in the revitalization of its communities through reclaiming blighted, abandoned and dilapidated properties, ...
Read MoreCharles Town Secures $250,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Support Development of Waterfront Park & Recreation
CHARLES TOWN – The City of Charles Town has secured a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the cleanup of brownfields along the Evitts Run Creek ...
Read MoreWork Progressing at Fostoria Site
MOUNDSVILLE – Although Tom Brown and James Tomlinson do not yet have any official deals for the Fostoria Glass Co. property they own along First Street, they believe they ...
Read MoreEPA Lauds W.Va. Communities for Brownfields Redevelopment Statewide Bringing Economic Benefits While Protecting Public Health
Six new brownfields projects awarded more than $1.3 million HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (Sept. 11, 2014) Today at West Virginia’s Brownfields Conference the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Shawn ...
Read MoreCity Officials, Main Street Fairmont Move Forward With Plans for Old Firehouse
Built in the early 1900s, the old Fairmont Firehouse is a historic building, but after receiving a grant last March, city officials and Main Street Fairmont have a vision ...
Read MoreReinvesting in Fairmont’s Potential
FAIRMONT — Following the success of Main Street Fairmont’s recent Downtown Developers’ Tour, the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University wants to take the idea across ...
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