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SETTING
A large part of the charm of Huntington is its setting. It's founders had the foresight to create wide Avenues and Streets by which commerce could travel. However, like most cities, the urban core is slowly dying. Many factors such as the advent of suburbia, the interstate highway system, and the change in the economic base, has forced retail vendors to move out to large mall developments where parking is plentiful and convenience is the king. The Tri-State Transit Authority operates a rubber tired bus service to Huntington, Barboursville, and other communities in our region. It currently operates a facility at the corner of 13th Street and Fourth Avenue known as the "Greyhound Bus Station". It is this authors understanding that the many of its services will be relocating its transfer station to Pullman Square, the $54 million retail and entertainment complex. This creates an opportunity for the Trolley Car to create a "funnel" to bring the Marshall Students to and from this exciting retail/parking area. Additionally the reduced number of buses on the Greyhound lot will allow for the construction of the maintenance building to service the Trolley. It
our belief that a Trolley Car System, as a component of the Pullman
Square Project and other improvement projects in the Downtown will
enhance the overall atmosphere and make shopping and doing business
in Downtown Huntington fun and convenient. |
Huntington
is a community built on transportation. Situated along the Ohio
River at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it was created
by railroad industrialist, Collis P. Huntington, to be the terminus
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. A key part of the communities
attractiveness is Marshall University, Heritage Village, and the
Downtown Commercial District. This area, from Hal Greer Boulevard
to Eighth Street, consists of shops, offices, restaurants, lodging
places and residences that form the core of the city.