The Fairmont Bridge

This week on The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna & Alex are joined by a returning Kris Cinalli to preview and release the entire lineup for the Palatine Park 2023 Summer Concert Series. Kris works as the County Administrator with the Marion County Commission and plays a huge role in booking the summer entertainment at Palatine Park. 

You DO NOT want to miss this episode as we breakdown and reveal the much anticipated BLOCKBUSTER lineup for this year's summer entertainment at Palatine Park. For more information on this summer's events, you can find everything at https://www.facebook.com/palatineparkwv.

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The Fairmont Bridge is back! In our first episode of 2023, Hanna and Alex welcome two very special guests who from WVU Medicine's Fairmont Medical Center, Aaron Yanuzo & Cari Morgan. Aaron serves as Vice President of Operations and Cari serves as the Director of Nursing.

During this conversation, we discuss the importance of having a community hospital, the process of bringing WVU Medicine to Fairmont, and a breakdown of all services that Fairmont Medical Center provides to the community.

For more information about Fairmont Medical Center, you can visit https://wvumedicine.org/fairmont-medical-center/ or call 304-534-7810. 

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome two very special guests who represent Fairmont and Marion County at the state capitol, Guy Ward & Joey Garcia. Guy and Joey currently serve as two of the three delegates that represent the 50th District, Marion County.

 We spend most of the conversation discussing the role of the House, how our delegates advocate for Marion County at the capitol, and the new proposed Constitutional amendments. 

For more information about our current House of Delegates members, you can follow the below links.

Guy Ward - https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Ward,%20G.

Joey Garcia - https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Garcia

Phil Mallow - https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Mallow

All county delegates were invited to this conversation.

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The Fairmont Bridge is BACK!

This week, Hanna and Alex welcome Tony Michalski and Tina Mascaro from MCPARC to The Fairmont Bridge. MCPARC is the county's leader in parks and recreation and Tony & Tina join us to chat about all of the organization's current offerings, programs, and future initiatives.

For more information about the MCPARC, you can visit https://www.mcparc.com/.

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome back City Manager Valerie Means and new guest, Finance Director, Priscilla Hamilton. We spend most of the conversation discussing the Fiscal Year 2022 City Budget, which addresses the use of the City's General and Coal Severance Funds. Valerie and Priscilla break down the entire year long process that it takes to come up with each year's budget and explain the details of Fiscal Year 2022's end product.

For more information about the Finance Department and our City Budget you can visit https://www.fairmontwv.gov/300/Audit-Reports-Financial-Statements.

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This week on The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna & Alex are joined by DSF STOP's Romelia Hodges and Tiffany Samuels to preview and release the entire lineup for this weekend's Juneteenth Jubilee celebration at Windmill Park, featuring award-winning hip-hop act Fetty Wap, the UniverSOUL Circus, the first African-American female coach in the NFL, Collete Smith, and many more. (6/18). Romelia and Tiffany also provide information about the DSF STOP Program, and the history and significance of Juneteenth .

You DO NOT want to miss this weekend's celebration and all of the festivities that will be happening around the event. For more information on the Juneteenth Jubilee and the DSF STOP Program, you can find all details at https://dunbarstop.org/.

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome John Mark Shaver, known locally for being the editor and lead reporter for The Fairmont News. John Mark shares some background about The Fairmont News and WV News as an organization, his process for selecting what to report on, and the importance of news media within today's climate.

For more information about The Fairmont News, you can find their webpage at https://www.wvnews.com/fairmontnews/. To contact John Mark directly, you can reach him at [email protected].

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This week on the Fairmont Bridge, City Parks Maintenance Supervisor Barry Sanner joins us to talk us about his 15 years as a City of Fairmont employee and everything that it takes to keep up with all of our wonderful Fairmont City Parks. Tune in to hear about the role of City Parks Maintenance Supervisor and a breakdown of all Fairmont City Parks

For more information about the City Parks, you can visit https://www.fairmontwv.gov/155/Parks-Recreation. 

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Welcome back to The Fairmont Bridge, the City of Fairmont's official podcast!

This week, Hanna and Alex talk with the last of City Council's 9 members. District 9's Donna Blood joins us today to discuss her history of living in Fairmont and her great experience with serving on Fairmont City Council. 

If you have questions for Councilwoman Blood, you can reach her at [email protected].

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Welcome back to the 25th episode of The Fairmont Bridge! This week, Hanna and Alex sit down with our first repeat guest, Ken Fletcher, of the City of Fairmont's Code Enforcement department. Ken joins us once again to break down the building permit process and explain some very common code violations to look out for as summer approaches.

For more information about City of Fairmont Code Enforcement, you can visit https://www.fairmontwv.gov/131/Building-Inspection-Rental-Registration or call 304-366-6212 ext 303.

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