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The first step toward a B&O tax rebate for small businesses in Wheeling struggling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic came this week. City leaders don’t want to stop there, and are looking at additional ways to bring help to local retailers.
Wheeling City Council had a first reading this week for an ordinance enacting a new, one-time B&O tax rebate.The ordinance is expected to be adopted following a second reading Feb. 16.
“(W)e’re not thinking that’s the end here,” Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott said. “We’re going to be looking at other ways to provide some additional relief.”
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WHEELING Following the recent announcement of a planned apartment complex in the downtown Wheeling-Pitt building, Wheeling City Council is set to start on its role in moving the project forward.
The council will hold its second regular meeting of the new year tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m. Among the new business on the agenda is a resolution authorizing City Manager Robert Herron to negotiate and enter into a memorandum of understanding with Historic Wheeling-Pitt Lofts LLC.
Developer Steve Coon and building owner Dr. John Johnson plan to convert the former 12-story office headquarters of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. the city’s tallest building into a downtown loft apartment complex, complete with retail units on the street level at the Market Street location.
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Photo by Scott McCloskey â Crew with Raze International Inc. of Shadyside demolish and remove two dilapidated houses located on 15th Street across from the J.B. Chambers Sports Complex as part of a demolition contract with the City of Wheeling.
WHEELING – A large demolition project focused on revitalizing neighborhoods throughout the city of Wheeling is underway as crews with Raze International Inc. of Shadyside are demolishing and removing three dilapidated houses on 15th Street as part of the project.
Raze International Owner Thomas Brown said his company began working last Monday on a contract with the city of Wheeling for the demolition of nearly a dozen properties in different locations around the city. Last week, his crews demolished and removed a dilapidated house in Warwood and one on Jacob Street as part of the contract.
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Photo by Eric Ayres â This dilapidated home at 313 N. York St. Wheeling Island is an example of a property that is on the cityâs raze or repair list but is not on the list of properties slated for removal in an ordinance recently approved by city council. City officials are reexamining criteria in order to move the worst of the dilapidated structures in town to the top of the cityâs demolition list.
WHEELING Dilapidated structures are coming down throughout the city of Wheeling, but officials are looking to reprioritize the properties found on the city’s raze-or-repair list.
Dec 19, 2020 Wheeling’s municipal finances are in excellent condition. The same cannot be said of the bank accounts of some local residents and businesses. As we reported, two key city accounts the unencumbered fund balance and the Municipal Budget Stabilization fund contained nearly $8.5 million last week. About a year ago, the total was about $3.9 million. In other words, the two funds are nearly $4.6 million ahead of where they were in mid-December 2019. And as City Manager Robert Herron reported to City Council last week, November revenue for the general fund was about $9.3 million higher than than for the same month last year.