BAD To The Bone

There are bad strategies in dealing with urban tear-downs for the intention of eventually redeveloping them. And then there are BAD strategies for doing it. The upper case pathway—BAD—is ...

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Glenville Better Buildings Team Conducting Community Survey

The Glenville Better Buildings Team, an ad-hoc group of local volunteers, elected officials, and business and property owners, are conducting a city-wide survey to find potentially abandoned, dilapidated, or ...

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NBAC Welcomes New Brownfields Redevelopment Specialist

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Anna Withrow has joined the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center (NBAC) as its new brownfields redevelopment specialist. The NBAC is a program of the West ...

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Bad Buildings Summit Held to Discuss Vacant Buildings

WTRF 7 News Sports Weather – Wheeling Steubenville Community leaders throughout Brooke and Hancock Counties all have one thing in common: they want something done about the amount of ...

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Brownfields Assistance Center Accepting Applications for Technical Assistance Grants to Eradicate BAD Buildings

Communities throughout the Mountain State trying to eradicate abandoned, vacant and dilapidated buildings may apply for technical assistance awards through the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at West ...

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Point Pleasant to Receive Assistance for Eyesore Properties

POINT PLEASANT — The city of Point Pleasant is about to receive some assistance in developing a plan to deal with distressed and abandoned properties. The city is one ...

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BAD Buildings Program Provides Momentum for Eight W.Va. Communities

The Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University has awarded eight West Virginia communities with technical assistance grants. The grants, valued at $10,000 each, are made ...

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Brownfields Renewal: West Virginia Conference Pulls in Bright Minds of Tomorrow

The West Virginia Brownfields Conference was held in Morgantown in mid-September for a legitimate reason: proximity to higher learning. The conference moves to different areas of the state each ...

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