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By: July 9, 2025

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“Street Legal” ATVs on City Streets?

Elkins Council Committee Seeks Public Input on Possible Rule Change Elkins, W. Va., October 12, 2020: Lawmakers amended state code this year to allow ATVs and UTVs meeting certain safety requirements to be operated on public roadways, and an Elkins Common Council […]

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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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Elkins Awarded $30,000 for Trail Planning

Like an early Christmas present, City of Elkins was just notified of a Trail Accelerator grant award in the amount of $30,000 from the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA). The city’s grant award is in support of the Elkins Area Shared Trail […]

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