May 22, 2013

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Reporter: Todd Baucher Email

$ Sought For Feasibility Study And New Vets Center

It has $10,000 from the city of Parkersburg, and now, backers of a proposed baseball park are looking elsewhere for funding.

Cam Huffman, director of the Area Roundtable, says he's reached out to a couple of foundations to fund a feasibility study for the complex.

That was the subject of a series of public meetings last fall.

Backers are seeking a total of $25,000 for the study.

Huffman says he hasn't heard back from the people he's contacted.

The ballpark is a key in bringing a professional baseball team to the area.

Meanwhile, the Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley hopes to have a new location someday.

It's raising money, with the goal of getting $200,000 for a new building.

The Wood County Commission Monday agreed to kick in $5,000, to match money put up by local attorney and museum supporter David Huffman.

Museum director Gary Farris says that, so far, there's $27,000 set aside for the purchase.

The museum moved to Seventh street a few years ago, from its original site on Avery street.


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