This week, Hanna and Alex welcome Leisha Elliott, Executive Director of the Marion County Convention & Visitor's Bureau, to the Fairmont Bridge. Leisha shares some information about the CVB's mission and purpose, the projects and initiatives happening with the CVB, and the multitude of great things to do in Marion County.

For more information about the Marion County CVB, you can visit https://marioncvb.com/.

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome a very special guest from the state capitol, John "JB" McCuskey, who currently serves as Auditor for the State of West Virginia. We spend most of the conversation discussing State Bill 552, which addresses the demolition of dilapidated buildings, and how JB has supported communities such as ours in pushing the bill to be passed. We also discuss the creation of WV Checkbook and JB's outlook for Fairmont and North Central West Virginia.

For more information about the State Auditor's office you can visit https://www.wvsao.gov/ and can find the WV Checkbook Portal at https://www.wvcheckbook.gov/ .

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On this edition of The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna and Alex talk with one of Fairmont City Council's longest tenured members. Representing District 8 while also serving as Mayor, Tom Mainella joins us today to discuss why he decided to become involved with local government in the late 90s, the City's success with it's demolition program, and his overall love for the City.

If you have questions for Mayor Mainella, you can reach him at [email protected].

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This week on the Fairmont Bridge, Fairmont Police Chief Steven Shine joins us to talk everything FPD. Tune in to hear about the current structure of the Fairmont Police Department, how to become involved in law enforcement, and various statistics regarding the FPD.

For more information about City of Fairmont Police Department, you can visit https://www.fairmontwv.gov/160/Police.

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Welcome back to The Fairmont Bridge, the City of Fairmont's official podcast, and thanks for sticking around with us for 20 episodes!

This week, Hanna and Alex talk with the another one of Fairmont's City Council members. District 6's Gia Deasy joins us today to discuss her history of serving on various City boards and commissions and her overall perspective of the Friendly City.

If you have questions for Councilman Deasy, you can reach her at [email protected].

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On this edition of The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna and Alex talk with the another one of Fairmont's City Council members. District 4's Rick Garcia joins us today to discuss his history of serving the public, his passion volunteerism, and his experience on City Council thus far.

If you have questions for Councilman Garcia, you can reach him at [email protected].

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This week on The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna & Alex are joined by Kris Cinalli to preview and release the entire lineup for the Palatine Park 2022 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 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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On this edition of The Fairmont Bridge, Hanna and Alex talk with the another one of Fairmont's City Council members. District 5's Barry Bledsoe joins us today to discuss why he decided to run for Council, his passion for the Police and Fire departments, and his ideas about how the ARP funding should be spent.

If you have questions for councilman Bledsoe, you can reach him at [email protected].

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome Tina Shaw, Executive Director of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, to the Fairmont Bridge. Tina shares some information about the Chamber's mission, the projects and initiatives that the Chamber is currently up to, and the various awesome community events that the Chamber hosts every year.

For more information about the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, you can visit https://www.marionchamber.com/.

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This week, Hanna and Alex welcome Rev. D.D. Meighen, known locally for his work with Marion County's PEG Access Television programs on Channel 19 and TV561. D.D. shares some information about the his background as a television showrunner, his extensive work with filming City Council, and all of the church and community programs that he has been involved with throughout the years.

For more information about TV19/TV561 you can check out D.D.'s Facebook pages at https://www.facebook.com/TV19-Fairmont-WV-175903532443642 and https://www.facebook.com/Tv561-2291135050927735 .

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