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Saturday, May 24, 2008

In Elkins, W.Va., Stage Is Set for a Revival (Washington Post)

From The Washington Post:

By Melanie D.G. Kaplan
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A city of 8,000, Elkins began as a railroad hub to transport the region's rich timber and mineral resources, and it has long attracted outdoors enthusiasts for hunting, fishing, mountain biking and skiing. But it's the 527-seat theater, which opened last summer on the site of the old Western Maryland Railroad yard, that's likely to change the feel of the hamlet. The yard has been turned into a town square, bordered by the theater, the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Scenic Railroad, the renovated Elkins depot (celebrating its centennial this year), a railroad-themed restaurant (opening this summer) and the future site of the West Virginia Railroad Museum.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001628.html

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