Washington County is creating a program to help tackle blight with the help of up to $12 million in federal pandemic recovery stimulus funds. The commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve an agreement between county officials, Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington and the Washington County Land Bank to initiate the countywide blight program. […]
The Washington County commissioners approved 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in Local Share Account grants during their meeting Thursday, but declined to modify the list to fund a request from City Mission despite pleas from the homeless shelter’s officials to reconsider. The City Mission’s application for $500,000 in Washington County’s casino gambling revenue funds […]
The projects recommended for a piece of the Local Share Account’s casino gambling money are expected to be approved by the Washington County commissioners during Thursday’s voting meeting, with one notable subtraction from the original list. The LSA committee voted last week to recommend approval of 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in gambling revenue […]
Nearly 100 projects are vying for a piece of the $9.2 million in casino gambling money that will be distributed this year through the annual Local Share Account program. The 94 applications under review this week by the LSA review committee are requesting a total of about $28 million, meaning the number of recipients will […]
1. Hardy dies Jan. 1 on his 100th birthday The expression “larger than life” was frequently applied to Joe Hardy, his business acumen, his properties, his booming voice, his booming laugh and his omnipresent cigar. The founder of 84 Lumber Co. and Nemacolin resort, who had an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, was a […]