EPA Brownfields Grants Resource Announcement

The Environmental Protection Agency expects to post guidelines for FY14 Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grant proposals on it’s website around October 1.  Below you will find ...

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Parkersburg issues marble park survey

PARKERSBURG – City officials are seeking public input on the future of Agate Marble Park. The city is studying the 8-acre Vitro-Agate Marble Factory site off East Street near ...

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Site Success May Spur Aid

Local leaders have parlayed redevelopment of the Taylor, Smith and Taylor pottery property into an opportunity to do something similar at another northern Hancock County site, this time with ...

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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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Marshall announces hydroelectric demonstration, education project

HUNTINGTON – A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy. Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical ...

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Wellsburg pursues development plan

 WELLSBURG – Wellsburg officials want to replace unused former industrial sites with new businesses and remove dilapidated structures that create a hazard or eyesore. And their first step in ...

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Microbrewery among redevelopment ideas for 19th century stone building in Martinsburg

MARTINSBURG, W.Va.— A microbrewery was among the most popular redevelopment ideas pitched Friday for the Matthews Foundry, a dilapidated 19th century stone building located in Martinsburg’s historic industrial core. Built ...

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Moundsville’s Fostoria Glass Site Ready for Redevelopment

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A former glass factory site in the Northern Panhandle is ready for redevelopment following a cleanup of lead and other contaminants. GAB Enterprises recently received approval ...

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2013 West Virginia Brownfields Conference Featured on WBOY Channel 12

WBOY.com: Clarksburg, Morgantown: News, Sports, Weather MORGANTOWN – Brownfields include residential, commercial, and industrial properties where redevelopment may be complicated by the potential presence of a hazardous substance. The ...

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Wellsburg aims to breathe new life into old properties

  WELLSBURG – The boarded up windows at the old Brooke Glass property in the south end of town don’t begin to tell the story of what’s happening in ...

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