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By: January 15, 2025

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Update on Tax Increment Financing Process

Earlier this month, council voted to make application to the West Virginia  Department of Economic Development for authority to form a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in Elkins. (See map at bottom of post.) TIF is a mechanism created in state law […]

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Tygart Hotel Dynamite Incident

On the afternoon of June 29, contractors renovating the Tygart Hotel on Davis Avenue in Elkins discovered dynamite in the building and alerted authorities. Elkins Police Department and Elkins Fire Department investigated and ordered an evacuation of nearby buildings. Davis Avenue was […]

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City Hall News

City Hall News: Week of November 8, 2021

Meeting next week are council’s Special Hiring Committee, Rules & Ordinances Committee, and ad hoc ARPA Advisory Committee. Also meeting are the city’s police and fire civil service commissions. City hall will be closed Thursday in observance of Veteran’s Day, but garbage […]

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