Morrisey Helps Dedicate New Moundsville Steel Sign At Riverfront Park
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MOUNDSVILLE - Gov. Patrick Morrisey assisted with the unveiling of a new steel West Virginia-shaped sign at the Riverfront Park in Moundsville on Monday.
The sign is one of several that have been installed across the Mountain State.
In addition to Morrisey, several local dignitaries were on hand for the event including Moundsville Mayor Randy Chamberlain, City Manager Rick Healy, Councilwoman Ginger DeWitt and Councilman David Wood, and Marshall County Commissioner John Gruzinskas. State Sen. Chris Rose, R-Monongalia, also said a few words. Charlie Reynolds, who helped get the sign project started while he was a delegate, attended as well.
The sign was crafted by Warwood Tool in Wheeling and has the city of Moundsville's name cut into the inch-thick piece of stainless steel. Moundsville street department workers installed the concrete base for the 350-pound sign.
"West Virginia is an incredible place filled with so many beautiful areas," Morrisey said. "I just love coming here. ... I'm hopeful more people are going to come here and see why West Virginia is so wild and wonderful."
He said that Moundsville and Marshall County "have a lot to be proud of."
"Your history stretches back thousands of years. And what we're here today to do is to honor the generations of citizens who built this community," Morrisey said.
Morrisey also talked about the ongoing cleanup efforts in other parts of the state hit by recent flash flooding and tornadoes. He said he would be visiting the impacted areas again in the coming days.
"Because we want to make sure we're helping communities rebuild, and that's a top priority," he said. "We've asked the president for a new declaration, and so I want to make sure we remember our fellow brothers and sisters. ... They've helped Marshall County out when we've had problems, right? And they've helped many other counties out. And so we all step up; it's West Virginia Strong."
Morrisey added there has been $13 billion in investments in the state in recent years and there is more to come.
"Equally important, we’ve had over 13,700 estimated jobs that are going to be coming in," he said. "That's incredible, too. But we have to keep going and we can't be satisfied until our standard of living has truly risen a great deal, educational attainment is high, our infrastructure and fundamentals are in good order. Everyone knows that West Virginia is not just in its comeback story, but we've completed our comeback story and we're truly a place that many other states will emulate economically."
The West Virginia signs being installed across the state were made possible by funding from the state's Local Economic Development Assistance fund.