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Hearing Set on Bridge Plan at Marooned Elkview Mall

A federal bankruptcy judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a financing plan for an access bridge at a West Virginia shopping center to replace one that was destroyed in last summer’s flooding.Flood, Elkview

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Patrick Flatley on Thursday scheduled an April 6 hearing in Clarksburg on mall owner Tara Retail Group’s intentions to build a new bridge at the Crossings Mall in Elkview. The owner filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just prior to a January auction for the mall property.

Kanawha County Commission president Kent Carper says he’s confident the matter will be resolved soon.

About 500 people have been unable to return to work since June floods washed out the bridge. Many of the workers were laid off.

Bankruptcy Halts Auction of Marooned Elkview Mall

  A last-minute bankruptcy filing has halted the sale of an Elkview shopping center that has been marooned and shuttered since a crucial access bridge was washed away by flooding last summer.

A group was forming on the steps of the Kanawha County Courthouse on Tuesday to participate in an auction for the Crossings Mall property, but the scheduled sale was called off after the mall owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The move will likely further delay construction of a new bridge to access the property.

About 500 employees who worked at the mall have been unable to return since June floods washed out the bridge.

The property will stay with the owners, Tara Retail Group, as the bankruptcy case heads to court.

Marooned Elkview Mall to be Sold at Public Auction

A shopping center where a bridge was washed away by flooding last summer is to be sold at public auction.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Elkview Crossings Mall is scheduled for trustee’s sale at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 24.

Martin Perry, who was appointed receiver of the property last month, confirmed the notice of foreclosure sale published in the newspaper Monday.

Perry is in charge of overseeing construction of a new culvert bridge into the mall, which has been closed and inaccessible since massive floods swept through West Virginia June 23. Dozens of businesses were forced to close, leaving about 500 people out of work. Tara Retail Group subsequently defaulted on a $13.6 million loan from U.S. Bank Association.

Perry said he’s working to award a bid for the new bridge.

Judge Puts Elkview's Marooned Crossings Mall in Receivership

A federal judge says a third-party officer will oversee construction of a replacement bridge at a Kanawha County shopping center after the old bridge was washed away by floods.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston in Charleston placed the Elkview Crossings mall in receivership Tuesday. Court-appointed officer Martin Perry will put the culvert bridge project out for bid and oversee its construction. Details of Perry’s role in the mall’s operations are still being worked out.

About 500 people lost their jobs at a hotel, restaurants, gas stations, stores and other businesses after the bridge was washed out by flooding June 23.

The replacement cost of the bridge is about $700,000.

Elkview Free Clinic Treats Hundreds of Patients

Hundreds of people were treated over the weekend at a free health clinic in Elkview.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that organizers of the clinic, which was held Saturday and Sunday at Elkview Middle School, say around 600 patients, some as far away as Virginia and Tennessee, were served.

West Virginia Health Right, a Charleston-based free and charitable clinic, and Remove Area Medical, a nonprofit group based in Rockford, Tennessee, partnered to provide free dental, vision and medical care to anyone who needed it, including flood victims.

Health Right CEO Angie Settle says overall there were about 300 volunteers during the clinic, including dentists, eye doctors and physicians. She says they could have used more volunteer dentists and eye doctors.

She’s planning for the clinic to be an annual event.

Free Medical Clinic Planned This Weekend

A free medical clinic for West Virginia flood victims and others in need is set for this weekend in Kanawha County.

The clinic will be held Saturday and Sunday at Elkview Middle School. Services will be offered beginning at 6 a.m. each day.

It is being hosted by Charleston-based West Virginia Health Right, which provides free medical, dental and vision health services. Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit group based in Rockford, Tennessee, will run the clinic.

Organizers say the school’s parking lot will open at midnight each day and tickets will be distributed beginning at 3 a.m. All individuals with tickets will be served.

Up to 500 volunteers are expected to assist at the clinic.

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