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Article: South Charleston: 'We're in the money': ; Meanwhile in Charleston, sister city sings different tune
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 26, 2001
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FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Plans for a new ice rink and a library, pay raises for employees
and a $3 million rainy day fund are not the trappings of budget-
strapped Charleston. But they are at a place right next door.
South Charleston officials say their city is actually in a period
of economic growth. That's quite a different picture from the
struggling capital city, which has considered laying off police and
firefighters, closing two or three fire stations and shutting down
neighborhood centers.
Unlike Charleston, there is no $1 million hole in South
Charleston's $14 million budget.
Headed by Mayor Richie Robb, the city hopes to build a $3.6
million ice rink at Trace Fork, located along Corridor ...