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West Virginia Northern Community College President Dr. Daniel Mosser addressed city leaders during Tuesday eveningâs regular meeting of Wheeling City Council, blasting the city for its support of a venture to bring a program through Bluefield State College to the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus.
WHEELING Wheeling City Council members attending their second in-person meeting of the year Tuesday were publicly excoriated at the end of the meeting by presidents of three local colleges, who continue to express disdain over the city’s proposed venture with Bluefield State College.
Speaking during the open public forum portion at the end of the council meeting, West Virginia Northern Community College President Daniel Mosser carried the torch on behalf of WVNCC, West Liberty University and Wheeling University.
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WHEELING Officials at Bluefield State College and in the city of Wheeling expressed optimism about potential for collaborating with three local colleges to provide the best possible array of opportunities for higher education in the Ohio Valley.
Last week, presidents of Wheeling University, West Virginia Northern Community College and West Liberty State University publicly opposed efforts by city officials to bring a new program from Bluefield State College to Wheeling.
The city had entered into a memorandum of understanding with Bluefield State, hoping to work together to allow the college to open a new Engineering and Manufacturing Center in a building at the city-owned former Ohio Valley Medical Center.
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The Ohio County Commission approved a $1 million tax abatement for the city of Wheeling for the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus.
WHEELING The city of Wheeling now doesn’t have to pay Ohio County more than $1 million in taxes owed on the former Ohio Valley Medical Center property, and the Ohio County Board of Education is on board with that.
The Ohio County Commission has approved a tax abatement of more than $1 million for the city of Wheeling, which assumed ownership of the former OVMC site in the summer of 2020.
As part of last year’s deal to acquire the former OVMC from previous owner Medical Properties Trust or MPT, the city agreed to pay legal and brokerage fees associated with the transaction, as well as any outstanding property taxes owed.
WHEELING Officials at Bluefield State College and in the city of Wheeling expressed optimism in possibly collaborating with three local colleges to provide