WHEELING – City leaders in Wheeling are considering a proposal to convert traffic flow along Water Street at Heritage Port to one-way in light of increased vehicular traffic to Waterfront Hall. Many visitors to the new downtown hotspot have been slapped with parking tickets during the day, when parking is prohibited on the west side […]
WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling are looking at ways to maximize the potential of land use in the community to get the best return in the future of investments being made today. This week, members of the Development Committee of Council listened to a remote video presentation from Asheville, N.C.-based consultant Urban […]
Small retail businesses in downtown Wheeling will see up to $10,000 each in relief to make up for revenue lost due to the Downtown Streetscape Project. Wheeling City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday – with one abstention and one absence – to approve a budget revision that will move $300,000 from city home improvement programs toward […]
WHEELING – City officials in Wheeling agreed to recommend that unused funds from previously approved home improvement programs be used to help provide relief for downtown businesses struggling through the ongoing Streetscape construction. Members of the Finance Committee of Wheeling City Council met Tuesday night to discuss a funding source for the lost revenue component […]
WHEELING – City officials in Wheeling on Tuesday night outlined details of a proposed incentive package being designed to help several downtown businesses impacted by the massive Downtown Streetscape Project. Representatives of those businesses attended a meeting of the Development Committee of Council, which met Tuesday night prior to the regular city council meeting. City […]