East End work seen as signal to firms

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: July 22, 2004| Author: Mandy Rorrer | Copyright information

mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com

If you don't see how spending money to widen sidewalks, add streetlights and pretty up Washington Street East with brick details and greenery will fill up empty storefronts, City Councilman Marc Weintraub will be happy to tell you.

"This is a foundation for businesses to repopulate Washington Street," Weintraub said after a press conference Wednesday in front of the East End's Roosevelt Community Center.

Weintraub was one of several city official...

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