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West Virginia communities got money to help tear down abandoned buildings. It wasn’t nearly enough

PARKERSBURG — Right behind the bus stop on 10th and Market streets in Parkersburg is a beautiful apartment building. The Virginia Apartments has balconies that residents adorn with colorful flowers and plants. But next door, wild vines grow up the brick walls of an abandoned office building that’s been vacant since at least 2003. Waiting […]

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