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Mon Commission offers support for Morgantown Greenbelt concept

MORGANTOWN – Calling it, “an ambitious but achievable vision,” the Monongalia County Commission has thrown its public support behind the Morgantown Greenbelt concept. First envisioned locally in the 1990s and most recently championed by the Mon Valley Green Space Coalition, a greenbelt ...

MPO Policy Board advances project to study greenbelt connections

MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization intends to approach its on-call consultants seeking preliminary engineering, cost estimates and an implementation plan tied to a portion of the Morgantown Green Belt concept first introduced by the Mon Valley Green ...

BOPARC ready to explore Morgantown green belt concept

MORGANTOWN -- A nice belt can bring the entire outfit together.   The Mon Valley Green Space Coalition is hoping to one day see a nice (green) belt bring all of Morgantown together.  A green belt is a non-motorized, or active, transportation network that surrounds and connects a ...

Coalition asks BOPARC to consider forest designation

MORGANTOWN — What are your thoughts on mixed mesophytic forests chock full of pileated woodpeckers?  And would it surprise you to know such a place exists here in Morgantown?  It’s true.  That’s what Rick Landenberger said, and he knows a thing or two about the ...

Morgantown Greenbelt map offers a blueprint for healthier city

The Mon Valley Green Space Coalition, in association with the City of Morgantown, the Monongalia Morgantown Municipal Planning Organization, the West Virginia Land Trust and Mon River Trails Conservancy, has designed a conceptual map of a Morgantown greenbelt in hopes it will spark a ...

Green Space Coalition outlines alternative travel

BY EVA MAYS Morgantown is growing — fast. It has been an ongoing challenge to manage the influx of motor traffic on the narrow, pothole-riddled roads. “Let’s face it,” said JoNell Stough, chair of the Mon Valley Green Space Coalition. “Morgantown’s topography does not ...