Staff Writer
Photo by Eric Ayres â The Education and Administration Building on the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus is being targeted as a potential site for a future Engineering and Manufacturing Center to train and educate engineering students from Bluefield State College.
WHEELING Bluefield State College President Robin Capehart on Tuesday said the college is looking to fill a “critical” need for engineering technology programs in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, and bringing a proposed Engineering and Manufacturing Center to a former hospital campus in Wheeling will do just that.
Capehart met with Wheeling city officials Tuesday during city council’s first meeting of 2021.
Staff Writer
Photo by Scott McCloskey â The former OVMC property is now in the possession of the City of Wheeling, after the city council voted to purchase it this past summer.
WHEELING One of the most ambitious undertakings in Wheeling’s recent history took place this summer when city council acquired the former Ohio Valley Medical Center property.
During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, city leaders had been working with the owners of the OVMC property along with state and federal officials to see if the vacant hospital campus could be used in the event a surge in cases of the virus would cause local hospitals to exceed their capacity. After it was determined those concerns would not likely be realized and the facility would not be needed for such an emergency backup scenario, city leaders continued to explore the possibility of acquiring the property.