By the time you have settled in to start reading this, the new year will have arrived.
Like every year, 2021 will bring with it a sense of hope, a feeling that the future ahead of us is at least a little brighter than the past that is behind us.
That’s especially true after 2020, a year that brought us COVID-19 and its accompanying restrictions and regulations that kept us pretty much inside and isolated from friends and family for much of the year.
Thankfully, the much-anticipated vaccines have arrived and, if all goes according to numerous plans, by the end of summer or perhaps earlier we should see most of those restrictions lifted, which means we will be able to return to lives that include gathering with friends and family, enjoying more meals in restaurants and attending numerous community events, from concerts to dinners to worship services, that bring us together.
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WEIRTON Another step has been taken in establishing a new business development along the Three Springs Drive area of the city.
During the Dec. 14 regular meeting, City Council voted unanimously on a resolution to accept the deed with the Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle for land as part of the Park Drive Development Project.
The proposed development would include both retail and residential opportunities, and has been in the works with cooperation from the BDC, Park Drive Development LLC and the city.
Later in the meeting, Jessica Gumm, the city’s planning and development director, explained the city had to hold the deed for any property it is set to maintain in the development, such as the streets, parking lots and sidewalks, as part of the conditions for federal funding used in the project.