MORGANTOWN – The nationwide search to replace retired Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Bill Austin ultimately took the MMMPO Policy Board’s search committee to The Empire State. Mark Debald, the transportation program administrator for the ...
MORGANTOWN – Six years ago, the Monongalia County Development Authority financed $11.8 million to purchase 10 acres of property for redevelopment on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown along Richwood Avenue. Two years ago, the MCDA joined Dave Biafora, the project’s master developer, ...
MORGANTOWN – What’s it going to take to close Grumbein’s Island? The blessing of the West Virginia Division of Highways for starters, and likely more than $50 million worth of projects along Beechurst Avenue and other locations in and around downtown Morgantown. Those were some of ...
MORGANTOWN – In March, the Morgantown Municipal Airport runway extension project surpassed five years under construction. It’s a notable anniversary as the city initially expected the whole thing would be pretty much done in about that time. That’s what officials said in November ...
MORGANTOWN – “At its core, entrepreneurship is about courage,” West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner said Tuesday, addressing the West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Annual Conference at the Morgantown Marriott. “It’s about people who see opportunity where others see ...
MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Bill Austin told the MPO Policy Board Thursday evening that he intends to retire at the end of the fiscal year. “I will not be seeking to extend my contract past June 30th. I am retiring. So, I ...