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Board approves sale of former J.E. Robbins school site after neighborhood delegation raises concerns
Summary
The board approved selling the vacant former J.E. Robbins Elementary parcel to the highest bidders for $40,000; neighbors spoke at the meeting urging consideration of drainage, gas infrastructure and traffic impacts.
The Kanawha County Board of Education voted 5-0 on May 5 to approve a contract to sell the vacant former J.E. Robbins Elementary School property (District 12, Map 11, Parcel 538) to Dean Properties LLC and CUS Properties LLC for $40,000.
Neighbors who said they have informally stewarded the site after demolition in 2019 spoke to the board before the vote. Allen Duff Jr., who identified himself as a 48-year resident of Beach Avenue, said a small 10-by-10 brick utility…
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