daily304 - Episode 02.23.2024

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Today is Friday, Feb. 23

Three more WV communities join ON TRAC, the precursor to Main Street certified communities. Volunteers are needed for WV’s Make It Shine cleanup in April. And find out who has the top-rated tamales in the Mountain State…on today’s daily304. 

#1 – From WV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – Three new communities have been selected as 2024 West Virginia ON TRAC Communities. They are: Moundsville, Marshall County; Ravenswood, Jackson County; and Weston, Lewis County.

ON TRAC is the precursor to becoming a fully designated Main Street Community. ON TRAC communities will participate in mentoring from certified Main Street programs.

West Virginia Main Street is a West Virginia Department of Economic Development program. It focuses on the economic development of historic downtown and neighborhood commercial districts by providing technical services, design assistance, and continuous training of board and committee members and program managers using Main Street America’s Four-Point Approach.

There are 11 accredited Main Street Communities and 14 ON TRAC Communities in West Virginia. 

Read more:

https://westvirginia.gov/three-west-virginia-towns-named-as-on-trac-communities/

 

#2 – From MY BUCKHANNON – Volunteers, we need your help to keep West Virginia clean! Applications are now available for the 2024 West Virginia Make It Shine Statewide Spring Cleanup. This annual event is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan Program.

This year’s cleanup will take place during the first two weeks of April. The Make It Shine program will provide resources such as cleanup materials, waste hauling, and landfill fees to community groups volunteering to conduct litter cleanups in state streams or on public lands.

Applications are due by Friday, March. Applications are available online. For more information, contact Chris Cartwright at [email protected] or by phone at 1-800-322-5530.

Read more:

https://www.mybuckhannon.com/wvdep-now-accepting-applications-for-2024-make-it-shine-spring-cleanup/

 

#3 – From WBOY-TV – Tamales are a popular and delicious dish that can be found all around the world, but where can you find the best one in the Mountain State?

A staple in many Mexican restaurants, this delicious dish consists of corn-based dough filled with a variety of fillings, then wrapped in banana leaf or corn husk and steamed.

According to reviewers on Yelp the best tamales in the state can be found at Pupuseria Emerita in the Hardy County town of Moorefield. 

With an average of 4.7/5 with 35 ratings, this Salvadoran and Honduran restaurant in the Eastern Panhandle has high praise from people traveling through the Mountain State and people who live there.

“The food tastes just like if you set up your favorite grandma with a restaurant to cook for people,” wrote Brian N. from Arlington, Virginia, who gave the restaurant 5 stars.

Read more:

https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/this-is-where-you-can-find-the-best-tamale-in-west-virginia-according-to-yelp/

 

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That’s all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.