VIEW Program Helping Appearance of Area

11/14/2011

(Weirton Daily Times)

By Angelina Dickson
Staff writer

WEIRTON – Improvements are being made in the local community through a business partnership and the VIEW Program sponsored by Assure America.

VIEW, a business-to-business community development program sponsored by Assure America, provides matching grants to local business owners to address appearance issues such as painting, signage and landscaping.

Assure America agreed earlier this year to provide up to $25,000 in total matching funds for the communities of Weirton, Wellsburg and Chester.

Angela Conforti, executive vice president for Personal Lines, presented Mike Heilman, property owner of 1305 Potomac  Ave., with a check for $500 as part of the VIEW program’s reimbursement for community development projects.

Heilman, a local business owner, recently had the building pointed and painted and will be constructing and offering to lease self storage units at the facility.

“We’ve made some major improvements but we still have a ways to go,” he said. “This is a great program for local property and business owners to consider getting involved with.”

Participating businesses were asked to complete a one-page application describing the improvement project. In order to be eligible, a business must be located in a designated business district and agree to provide 50 percent of the project cost. All funding will be made on an expense reimbursement basis.

For more information contact Assure America at 304-723-4600.