City of Charleston News

Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin announced the City of Charleston has been awarded $674,501 through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) for the Elk River Trail Project; thanks Governor Justice and Team for helping Charleston secure the TAP funding.

In conjunction with the City of Charleston Public Works Department’s annual “Salt Parade” which allows the department to test equipment to ensure it is in working order and perform a dry run of routes – Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin invited local students to help name the city’s snowplows.

Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin today joined Callen McJunkin (Jones family), members of the Kanawha Valley Trail Alliance, and local cyclists for a ribbon-cutting celebration at the trailhead of the Herbert and Gloria Jones Woodlands Trails. In addition, the woodlands were recognized as the first Community Forest in Charleston and the second in the state to be inducted into The Old-Growth Forest Network.

Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin today joined the Wertz Avenue community for a spooktacular park dedication at Riverview Park – including a ribbon cutting celebration, costume contest, pumpkin decorating, scavenger hunt, face painting, and crafts. The park’s new/updated amenities reflect community input received by the Charleston Land Reuse Agency (CLRA) in 2022.

The City of Charleston Public Works Department reminds residents they can bag leaves and set them out on their normal trash day or rake leaves to the edge of the street to be picked up as part of supplemental loose leaf collection, beginning October 28, 2024.