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Harpers Ferry council creates 3-member pilot committee to study population decline
Summary
The Harpers Ferry Town Council voted unanimously to impanel a three-person pilot committee to define the mission and makeup of a larger study into long-term population decline and ways to attract full-time residents.
The Harpers Ferry Town Council on Aug. 11 voted unanimously to impanel a three-person pilot committee charged with defining the mission and membership of a broader study into the town’s long-term population decline and how to attract new full‑time residents.
Council members said the panel will first identify the data the town needs, then propose a formal ad hoc committee that would collect and analyze that information and recommend actions.
The issue arose during new business after several public commenters urged the council to consider adaptive reuse of vacant National Park Service buildings and other measures to increase year‑round residency. Amanda Strauss, a resident who spoke during public comment, urged the town to consider converting empty government buildings into housing: “With the unfortunate closing of the Mather Training Center, this provides the town of Harpers Ferry…
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