CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - State officials say an abandoned juvenile justice project that ate up $3.5 million in unfinished renovations will now become storage for West Virginia parks.
At a legislative audit committee meeting Monday, Division of Natural Resources official Emily Fleming said the Davis Center in Tucker County will now serve as storage for Blackwater Falls State Park and Canaan Valley Resort State Park.
Division of Juvenile Services official Stephanie Bond said multiple agencies agreed to stop the Davis Center renovations in 2012. Bond said it was supposed to be an all-female facility, but the division saw changes in juvenile justice population growth and had trouble finding potential employees in the region.
Bond said two of the Davis Center buildings had already been gutted inside and renovated on the outside.
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