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JCDA submitted a proposal in response to Rockwool’s site selection consultant Request for Proposals (RFP)

Fall 2016: The Rockwool project began in the fall of 2016 when the Jefferson County Development Authority responded to Deloitte Consulting who is a site selection consultant. Deloitte was working on behalf of a confidential client (at the time) that was...

September 1, 2016 Northport, Rockwool
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Ranson Mayor Hamill finds out he has terminal cancer

January 2016: Ranson Mayor Hamill finds out he has terminal cancer and sends a farewell letter to the residents of Ranson. He passes away in February 2016. 2016-01 -Mayor Hamill Final Message to the People of Ranson

January 1, 2016 Northport, Rockwool
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JCDA Prepares “Available Property” Report that is used when people use the JCDA Site Selection Database, to help advertise the properties to potential businesses

December 2015: Jefferson County Develoment Property Report states that the Zoning for Jefferson Orchards is Industrial 95 acres, Mixed Use 293 acres (will rezone for larger users). It says water and sewer will be extended for industrial development. It also states...

December 1, 2015 Northport, Rockwool
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Owner of Jefferson Orchards closes his business

October 2015: Slonaker believes it’s likely the property will become home to a housing development once the economy improves. With plans in the works to relocate the MARC station now at Duffields closer to W.Va. 9 in Kearneysville, the Jefferson Orchards...

October 1, 2015 Northport, Rockwool
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NorthPort Station Feasibility Study Complete

June 2015: Northport Station is the proposed center-piece of a future smart growth transit-oriented development that will also replace the obsolete Duffields Stop on the MARC commuter rail system.  This study performed site selection analysis on the Jefferson Orchards property, performed...

June 1, 2015 Northport, Rockwool
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Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan Adopted

February 2015: Maintaining MARC services is an important asset to the local economy and quality of life, while reducing commuter traffic on local roads. There is interest in excursion train services that would allow day trips for tourists visiting Jefferson County...

February 1, 2015 Northport, Rockwool
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NorthPort Station Feasibility Study Progressing

January 2015: Baker has completed an existing conditions report on the Jefferson Orchards, Duffields and Brunswick stations, including a couple of different possible locations for the NorthPort Station and possible designs of the station, Mullenax said. The report has been presented...

January 1, 2015 Northport, Rockwool
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Charles Town Transportation Study

April 2014: The plan recommends that Relocate the current Duffield MARC station to the intersection of Route 9 and First Street in Kearneysville as part of the proposed North Port Station mixed-use development and connecting to the new Route 9 bike...

April 1, 2014 Northport, Rockwool
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West Virginia State Rail Plan

December 2013: Replacement of the Duffields station – Ranson is working with the developers of “Northport” (a mixed use community). This proposed stop would also serve Charles Town.All of West Virginia’s MARC stations need investment to bring the stations into compliance...

December 1, 2013 Northport, Rockwool
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National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2013

April 2013: Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an initiative to promote intercity and urban passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented development by creating rail projects qualified for federal incentives for communities. https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1544

April 20, 2013 Northport, Rockwool
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