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STATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MOVING AHEAD - Supreme Court Declares Them Legal |
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The state Supreme Court has ruled the economic development projects which are
to be funded by video lottery, are legal. The sale of bonds to finance projects in 27
counties can now proceed. The central west virginia regional counties, or counties with the lowest population (voters), poorest infrastructure and highest unemployment were unable to make the list. It was unclear how funding a $6 million high school in Jefferson County creates jobs. The projects listed by county: Barbour: Belington Industrial Park, $650,000 Berkeley: Downtown Martinsburg redevelopment, $2.75 million Eastern W.Va. Regional Airport terminal, $1.266 million Cabell: Marshall University biotechnology research park, $12.5 million Pullman Square, downtown Huntington, $10.6 million SOGEFI, a new business, $990,000 Fayette: Wolf Creek business-industrial site, $2 million Greenbrier: Greenbrier Valley Theater, $250,000 Hampshire: Hotel, conference and wellness center, $5.4 million Hardy: Moorefield wastewater treatment plant, $5 million Land purchase by local government, $1 million Harrison: Charles Pointe conference center, Bridgeport, $6 million Clarksburg parking garage, $4,358,500 Jefferson: New high school, $6 million Kanawha: Charleston baseball park, $12 million Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, $3 million Biotechnology business incubator, $1.5 million Expansion of BIDCO business incubator, $133,000 Lewis: Stonewall Jackson Resort, $3.5 million New state fire academy at Jackson's Mill, $2 million Logan: Chief Logan State Park lodge and recreation center, $10 million Man hospital expansion, $1 million Marion: I-79 Technology Park expansion, $14.50 million Fairmont parking garage, $2 million Marshall: Grand Vue Park construction, improvements, $2.16 million Mason: Point Pleasant Riverfront Park, $1.2 million McDowell: McDowell County Correctional Facility, $5.2 million Mercer: Technology center at Concord College, $2 million Upgrades to Bluefield baseball park, $250,000 Mingo: Redevelopment authority for two industrial parks, $4.5 million Monongalia: Morgantown public theater and marina, $13.9 million Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at WVU, $10 million Morgantown parking garage, Square at Falling Run, $5 million National Biometric Security Project technology development, $2.3 million Chaplin Hill reclaimed mine site, $1.2 million Ohio: Business park anchored by Cabela's, $35 million Wheeling Park Commission, expansion of lodge, $2.5 million Putnam: Advantage Valley Partners business park, $3,228,302 Development authority business park, $1.57 million Construction, renovation at WV Steel plant, Poca, $300,000 Construction of steel building for new business, $100,000 Raleigh: X-Quad Commerce Center and Raleigh Memorial Air Industrial Park, $12 million Randolph: Tourism developments in Elkins, $1.5 million Summers: Bluestone Dam hydroelectric plant, $2.5 million Tucker: Industrial park infrastructure, $500,000 Wood: Electronic Recycling Center for polymer industry, $4.3 million Riverfront Park in Parkersburg, $3 million Wyoming: Twin Falls Resort State Park lodge expansion, $3 million
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