by Alan Olson, Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register (WV)
Unlike many cities where blight is concentrated in speci!c neighborhoods, Moundsville's vacant and dilapidated buildings are spread throughout town, according to a study by the Northern West Virginia Brown!elds Assistance Center.
Luke Elser, the organization's project manager, spoke before the city council at their meeting Tuesday evening to present their !ndings, joined with Rick Healy, from the Bel-O-Mar Regional Council. The majority of vacant buildings studied were in good to decent condition. Sixty were in poor condition, with just two being recommended for demolition.
The unique trait Moundsville had, Elser said, was its lack of a "bad neighborhood" where many buildings were in disrepair - rather, the identi!ed structures were evenly spread throughout the city.
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