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Apparently the Domino's Pizza franchisee in Weirton has brought a novel concept into play, and it is working for him so he's putting it in several other locations. The pizza theater will allow customers to watch their pizza being made from start to finish...
They are trying to compete with the fast casual chains that are doing that.
Unfortunately for Domino's, it's still a Domino's pizza at the end of the line, but
they should still do well because I don't see one of the fast casual chains coming in there.
Pre Civil War Wheeling Church Where Don Knotts Married Saved from Destruction
A historic church with amazing architecture in Wheeling was saved from the wrecking ball and will have a new life. Dating from before the Civil War, slaves once worshiped from the balcony of this beautiful structure.
It is in the most distressed part of Wheeling. Somehow it has survived that. Personally, I think that in and of itself speaks to the value of that legacy.
Wheeling Makes List of Best Cities to Make Friends
The AARP has named Wheeling as one of the best cities in America to make friends. The city made the list in the small cities category (less than 100,000 residents).
NY Company Purchases 1,100 Acres of Weirton Steel Land for Redevelopment
A New York development company has purchased 1,100 acres of land formerly used by Weirton Steel for redevelopment purposes. They made a similar transaction across the river in Mingo Junction. Apparently they have something in mind for redevelopment for the huge tract of property, which would be great news for the Northern Panhandle. The Panhandle is only now slowly starting to recover from the loss of tens of thousands of high paying steel jobs. The sad plight for the area was the almost total neglect by state government after the loss of the steel jobs which was shocking in view of the fact that Weirton Steel was the state's largest employer at the time, and the state only returned about 25% of tax revenues collected from the Northern Panhandle to that area in the form of services or transfer payments, a situation not uncommon for some sectors of the state.
Located very near to high population centers in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron, and Youngstown, and in the very heart of the mineral rich wet gas Marcellus region, the Northern Panhandle is an obvious place to place emphasis for development purposes, and government should have been pushing for these sorts of things for the past 30 years. The future is bright there, it would seem, in spite of overt neglect on the part of entities that are supposed to be looking out for everyone's interests. This is great news for the NP and for the State of West Virginia.
Sounds like it could be land speculation. The city better make sure they don't sit on the property and that they pay their taxes on it to keep it out of the endless spiral of tax auctions.
Also, I wouldn't want any type of association with Youngstown or its surroundings. That place is in a death spiral.
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Pre Civil War Wheeling Church Where Don Knotts Married Saved from Destruction
