Sarah’s on Main-Small Business Video Series
Editor's Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the Friendly City. Thank you to AT&T for sponsoring this series.
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An Answer to ‘What’s Next?’
The answer to, “What’s Next?” may soon come into focus for downtown Wheeling, but what maybe-could-might happen within the vacant lots along Main Street remains a literal mystery.
The Health Plan headquarter...
Wheeling 2018 – Part Three
(Editor’s Note: This story is the third and final of a three-part series that will examine the potential that exists in the Wheeling area as we enter a new year.)
It seems simple. It’s a bus stop, after all,...
December 4, 1876: West Virginia’s Third Capitol Building Dedicated in Wheeling
Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the West Virginia Humanities Council
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wvpn/audio/2017/12/TWWVH_Dec4_2015.mp3
On December 4, 1876, West Virgini...
December 4, 1876: West Virginia’s Third Capitol Building Dedicated in Wheeling
Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the West Virginia Humanities Council
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wvpn/audio/2017/12/TWWVH_Dec4_2015.mp3
On December 4, 1876, West Virgini...
December 4, 1876: West Virginia’s Third Capitol Building Dedicated in Wheeling
Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the West Virginia Humanities Council
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wvpn/audio/2017/12/TWWVH_Dec4_2015.mp3
On December 4, 1876, West Virgini...
December 4, 1876: West Virginia’s Third Capitol Building Dedicated in Wheeling
Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the West Virginia Humanities Council
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wvpn/audio/2017/12/TWWVH_Dec4_2015.mp3
On December 4, 1876, West Virgini...
Myles Designs For Wheeling’s Times
It’s not often when one’s work is seen by thousands each day for an extended period of time, but that has been reality for Matt Myles for more than a month.
Myles, president of Chiselbox on Market Street, wo...
Big Weekend in the Big Wheel
Feature photo of Wheeling Hall of Fame inductee Bob Villamagna courtesy Oglebay Institute
Wheeling is alive this weekend hosting Riverfront Movie Night, the Wheeling Feeling Chili Cookoff, (both free admissi...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeks Hosts
Early this summer, another four AmeriCorps service members will arrive in Wheeling to assist Grow Ohio Valley in its mission of establishing a robust local food economy. They will remain here for separate amoun...
Wheeling Hills Alive With Fitness Venues
It’s a city surrounded by the rolling hills of the Appalachia Mountains, and one employee of the city of Wheeling believes those ridges can be utilized more as recreational and a form of fitness for local resid...
State of the City 2017
Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here. It is my honor to serve as Mayor of Wheeling and my special privilege to deliver my first State of the City address.
Before I recognize today’s honorees and shar...
Award Winning, Record Breaking Show Collides Art and Technology!
It’s the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology, fun and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutti...
WLU Makes a Move Downtown
West Liberty University is bringing the Hilltop to Wheeling as it seeks to assist in the downtown renaissance presently taking place.
“We are pleased to support the efforts of the City of Wheeling and its le...
Santa Claus Coming To Downtown Wheeling
Shortly after Santa Claus rolls through the streets of downtown Wheeling this evening, it becomes about the pizza box.
“After the parade is over and most of the people have left the downtown Wheeling area, m...
A Vagabond Comeback for Chef Matt Welsch
He realizes people have been wondering, and he respects the fact. That’s why Matt Welsch, known to many as the “Vagabond Chef,” has tried to be as transparent as possible.
Nearly 200 people contributed an av...
Inconvenience Small Part of Wheeling’s Growth
To some, the differences have been obvious.
“I can tell you that when I returned to Wheeling after earning my undergraduate and law degrees at WVU, I could tell things were finally happening in the downtown ...
Lessons From Greenville, South Carolina
In mid-September, Mayor Elliott and Jake Dougherty, Executive Director of Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC), traveled to Greenville for a full itinerary, including tours and meetings with ...
Two-Month Perspective – Mayor Glenn Elliott
People left here. By the droves, really.
For years departure was the only real option for many so they could seek their own version of the American Dream as close as possible to what their family achieved wh...
Do Something: Centre Market Success Story
On the east side of the Centre Market a few retail businesses are intermingled with residential brownstones, and on the west side a few eateries are highlighted with a brewpub, a wine store, and a few specialty...
An Idea for a Better Wheeling
Creating a better future for Wheeling through a State Earned Income Tax Credit
When you look around Wheeling, the signs of a collapsed steel industry and a community trying to rebound are all around. The str...
In The Bigs – LGBT, 12th Street, the Blues
It’s a little different in Wheeling.
Ten cities in West Virginia have councils that have dared to establish protection for discrimination against members of the LGBT communities, but they have done so withou...
Hosting Trump in Wheeling Without a Hitch
The dinner comprised stuffed chicken breast, roasted potatoes, green beans, a roll, and a side salad, and it was prepared by Undo’s Family Restaurant.
After flying from western Pennsylvania to the Ohio Coun...
Kalkreuth Transforms Sparkling Kaley Center
Most folks venturing about Wheeling’s downtown district are not able to see the extent of the renovations made recently to the former Riley Building by Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, which co-owns the bui...
Laura Bissett-Mull: The Next Generation In Insurance
There’s an old saying that “timing is everything.” From timing a perfect pass on the gridiron to making the right career moves, it’s all about timing.
For Wheeling’s Laura Bissett-Mull, 2016 was the perfect ...
Challenge Wheeling Race Set For Saturday
For a third consecutive June, people of all ages, shapes, and sizes will trek their way to 11 different destinations while competing in the annual Challenge Wheeling event scheduled for this Saturday in downtow...
The Children’s Museum – Where Learning Hides as Play
One of the most often cited reasons people choose to stay in Wheeling or move back to the Upper Ohio Valley, without fail, is because, “it's a great place to start a family.”
And it is.
With wonderful sch...
Wheeling’s New Mayor
Change.
Judging from the results of Wheeling’s municipal Election Day, the residents elected change in all but one of six wards, and including the mayor’s position.
While two long-term council members dec...
Deserted Pizza Shop Gets New Slice Of Life
Tom’s Pizza was a little different from DiCarlo’s and Tony’s in South Wheeling because that guy would bake the raw cheese a bit before serving, and the owner had more toppings than the others, too.
It was go...
A Pear Tree Spring in Wheeling
Ahh, Springtime in downtown Wheeling.
I am new here. During the very hot August of 2015, I moved into the biggest house I have ever lived in.
It's been a rather long journey getting settled in. The house ...
Intermodal Center May Finally Blossom Thanks To Nearby Development
It was supposed to be this and that, and it’s not. There are 850 parking spots, and Monday through Friday far fewer than half are filled.
The Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center at 14th and Main ...
Duffin Ironing Out Plans For Historic Building
This is happening for three very specific reasons.
First, Kevin T. Duffin is a self-proclaimed gearhead.
Second, he adores his bride, Patricia, and his three children.
And finally, Duffin loves the fac...
Capitol Signage Should Reflect City’s Progress
It’s faded, peeling away, none of what is promoted exists today in the same form it once did, and it is time to do something about it.
IT is the very large, painted-on billboard on the back of the Capitol Th...
The Fort Henry Mall of the 1970s – Doomed from the Start?
It was created in 1957 by the members of Wheeling City Council, and it was known as the Urban Renewal Authority. It was funded by the federal government via the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and ...
McKenzie Set For Final ‘State Of The City’ Address
For the seventh and final time since he created the event, Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie will present his “State of the City” address before more than 250 local citizens, business owners, and community leaders i...
Falling Bricks Replaced by Downtown Growth
With every brick that fell, there was one local resident happy but another upset in a community torn between erasing what they always knew of downtown Wheeling and the critical need of evolution.
The old Jup...
Kept Promise Part of the Deal for Health Plan
By now most residents of the Upper Ohio Valley have heard the news – the first privately funded construction in the downtown district of Wheeling in 30 years was officially announced Wednesday morning by offici...
Thornton Clicking & Collecting Wheeling History
Jim Thornton misses the dark room.
It was his personal red-light district, where the developer and fixer in the dishes stank like his heaven, and the clothespins embraced the greatness. It was a creative san...
Pitch Contest Fuels Downtown Businesses
The last two West Liberty University Entrepreneurs Pitch Contest winners have since opened Downtown Wheeling businesses. Today, the two establishments are thriving and inspiring others to do the same.
Sept...
D.C. Ventures – Part 2: Acquisition; Puzzles; Tenant No. 2
(Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series detailing the redevelopment of three vacant properties on Market Street in downtown Wheeling.)
They got the building in the middle. All of a sudden “rea...
Progress Reported with Wheeling Projects
We at Weelunk work very hard to be sure our readers are up-to-date with any developments and possibilities in the Wheeling area, and when there is progress to report we enjoy offering those updates, as well.
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River City Serves It Up in Downtown Wheeling
Years before so many local residents were concerned with reinventing downtown Wheeling, Jason Miller and Becky Schmidt were attempting to do it all by themselves .
Literally.
Miller and Schmidt worked sid...
What Could Be Next For Downtown’s 1100 Block?
The owners of the structures were not actively marketing the properties, and they also were not protecting the interiors from the evils of Mother Nature. Floors were collapsing on the inside, and bricks were fa...
What does Downtown Wheeling Need?
It’s a question that has been asked since the opening of the Ohio Valley Mall in the late 1970s and an inquiry being posed more often now because of the continued development of The Highlands in Ohio County nea...
D.C. Ventures – Part 1: Vision, Investment, Tenants
(Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a series detailing the redevelopment of two vacant properties on Market Street in downtown Wheeling.)
Vince DeCrease wants to document his experiences as he and h...
Independence Hall One Of Wheeling’s ‘Gems’
When you take a tour of the West Virginia Independence Hall with site manager Travis Henline as your guide, you come to notice that he places a certain amount of emphasis on the word “west” each and every time ...
Neighborhoods: Downtown
By Steve Novotney
Weelunk.com
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will include profiles on each of Wheeling’s established neighborhoods.)
G.C. Murphy. L.S. Good. Sears. Stone...