CALHOUN FLOOD PLAIN PROPERTIES BEING BOUGHT-OUT - Seven Frequently Flooded Houses Will Be Removed

(04/01/2010)

Seven frequently flooded Calhoun properties along the Little Kanawha and the West Fork of the Little Kanawha are being bought and leveled, creating green spaces. A meeting yesterday regarding the project, included Zack Browning and Tom Saunders from the WV Development Office, Tim Meeks from the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council, Calhoun Commission president Bob Weaver, and Danielle Stevens, Administrative Asst. to the Commission. The HUD Disaster Recovery Initiative will receive $500,000. Meeks indicated the project closings would likely happen in August, with a contract for demolition let later this year. The Calhoun Commission applied for the 2008 grants. All the proprieties have been subjected to repetitive flooding. A special meeting of the stakeholders is being held April 29.

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