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Article: Kanawha City residents form community improvement group
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- Charleston Gazette
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- May 16, 2005
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The thing that most people think of when they think about Kanawha
City?
John Blair says it's MacCorkle Avenue, the four-lane artery with
its bumper-to-bumper traffic and endless line of shopping centers.
But Blair and others who live there don't see it that way.
"I just see [MacCorkle] like everyone else, as a way to get
through Kanawha City. I get off at 44th Street and go to my house and
that's it," he said. "To me, Kanawha City starts at the edges of
MacCorkle Avenue."
On Tuesday, Blair and others like him will hold the inaugural
meeting of the Kanawha City Community Association.
Among other things, the group will tackle projects outlined in the
Kanawha City ...