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Article: County proposes giveaway to spur sale: ; Health department will own, sell site
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 6, 2009
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The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department may soon own the
building that bears its name.
On Monday, Kanawha County commissioners proposed giving the
Health Department building on Lee Street to the health agency - a
move designed to speed up the sale of the facility to make way for a
new downtown Charleston hotel. The county has owned the building
since 1975.
"They could set their own destiny," said Kanawha County
Commission President Kent Carper, who initiated the proposal. "I
believe this would cause the project to move faster. If we trust
these people to handle public health issues, we can trust them to be
good landlords and good stewards and handle this."
Commissioners are expected to vote ...