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Article: Health department move awaits funds
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 18, 2008
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The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department might be moving across
town, but the agency can't make the change without several million
dollars in grants, health board members said Thursday.
City and county officials want to move the health department to
make way for a new downtown hotel.
"The process is all fueled or killed by the funding," said Phil
Angel, a consultant hired by the health department to assist with
the search for a new site.
Officials expect the health department building and property to
bring up to $3 million at a public auction. A new 20,000-square-
foot headquarters would cost $2 million to $3 million, and
renovations would add another $2 million to ...