Moving A Downtown

A riverfront town plans to move its downtown in one of the nation's most complex flood control projects.

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August 7, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Grundy, a western Virginia town with a population of 1,175, plans to move its downtown to higher ground by digging into a mountain just across the chronically treacherous Levisa River. The flattened mountain tract is to be the base for a new town center replete with wireless communications and usable land that will double the size of the current six-acre, flood-sodden commercial heart."

Thanks to Stu Baker

FULL STORY: Town Stakes Out Future on Higher Ground

Tuesday, August 7, 2001 in The New York Times

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