FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - A partnership plans to turn a former junior high school in Fairmont into housing for senior citizens.
Developers say the project at the former Miller Junior High School Building will include 26 two-bedroom and 22 one-bedroom units. The school has been closed since 2008.
The Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority and Augusta Development Corp. has received $6.2 million in low-income housing tax credits from the state Housing Development Fund. Developers say those will be combined with other tax credits for the project.
Sadd Brothers of Charleston is the lead co-developer of the project.
Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority executive director John Martys says in a news release that providing quality, affordable housing is important as the senior citizen population in the Fairmont area continues to grow.
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