1.09 Acres in Beckley, WV - $189,900

PROJECT HOUSE in a great location on approx. 1 acre. This 1965-era brick rancher is ready for the new owner to complete the remodeling project. Approx. 1440 sq. ft. on the main level with a full garage/basement. This property is located close to the Country Club, the Civic Center, the YMCA Soccer Complex, and more! All measurements are from public records. New upgrades in 2022 include a shingle roof, HVAC, and electrical upgrades. TRANSPORTATION Interstate expressways I-77 and I-64 converge at Beckley. More than 418,000 vehicles are calculated to travel the interstate system around the city daily. Approximate hourly drive times to regional U.S. cities include Charleston, W.Va., 1; Morgantown, W.Va., 2.30; Columbus, Ohio, 3.75; Pittsburgh, Pa., 3.5; Cincinnati, Ohio, 4; Charlottesville, Va., 3; Richmond, Va., 4; Winston-Salem, N.C., 2.5; Charlotte, N.C.: 3.5; and Washington, D.C., 5. The Beckley-Raleigh County Memorial Airport is a 10-minute drive. An hour's drive farther, Yeager Airport, at Charleston, is the largest and busiest flight-service center in the region. At the same time, the Greenbrier Valley Airport at Lewisburg provides flight options to Atlanta and Washington. The Amtrak passenger station at Prince is a five-minute walk from the tract and provides direct access to Washington, Chicago, and New York City. HEALTHCARE Three hospitals, including a Veterans Administration Medical Center, serve the Beckley area along with numerous clinics and healthcare centers. State medical centers at Charleston and Morgantown are an hour's drive and a three-hour drive from Beckley. Several medical and emergency care clinics serve Beckley, while the area's moderate climate and access to trails, gymnasiums, and athletic centers support healthy living. The nearest hospital to the tract, Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, is a nine-mile drive. HIGHER EDUCATION Beckley is the higher-education center of southern West Virginia and is notably the site of the southern campus of West Virginia University. The university's Institute of Technology and New River Community & Technical College both maintain campuses at Beckley, and Concord University and Bluefield State College courses are accommodated at the Irma Byrd Center at Beaver. Appalachian Bible College is also located nearby at Bradley. DINING & RETAIL Beckley is a dining and retail hub and the commercial center of southern West Virginia. It boasts many national dining and retail establishments and unique local venues. The property is a drive of about 10 minutes from Beckley's central retail and restaurant district-other remarkable independent dining venues cluster at Charleston, Fayetteville, and Lewisburg. Independent local retail stores of note include a variety of outdoor recreation outfitters as well as several culturally significant boutiques, antiques, and collectibles stores. SURROUNDING AREA Raleigh County is located near the center of southern West Virginia on the outskirts of the City of Beckley, the largest city in the south section of the state with a population of more than 16,000 residents, according to the 2020 Census. Beckley serves a market area of approximately 250,000 residents. According to Southern West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates, it is also at the center of the New River Gorge region, the destination of more than three million annual tourists. Surrounding the newly established New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, the area is undergoing a revolutionary economic change. Since the designation of the national park in 2021, it has become a swift-growing location for outdoor recreation and heritage tourism. RECREATION Residency in the New River Gorge region affords access to a seemingly limitless variety of recreational pursuits. In addition to outdoor recreation opportunities such as skiing and snow-tubing at Winterplace and hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, paddling, rock climbing, and whitewater rafting in parks, the area accommodates several walking, skating, and field sports facilities, including stadiums, playgrounds, and walking and biking trails. The YMCA Soccer Complex at Beckley is a nationally recognized eight-field center for soccer. Golf is accommodated at ten courses in the region. Indoor recreation centers include gyms, bowling alleys, gaming centers, and roller-skating rinks. The region is also famous for its rock climbing and whitewater rafting. Both pursuits are accommodated in the park's northern section near Fayetteville, where the rock-rimmed New River Gorge reaches its most developed extent. A 30-minute drive from Raleigh, the rafting and climbing areas attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. REGIONAL COAL HERITAGE ATTRACTIONS Once among the U.S.'s most productive coal mining regions, southern West Virginia is now a popular destination for coal heritage tourism. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the region annually, exploring mining-era ghost towns and industrial heritage sites. While mines still operate in the area, the industry is no longer as significant as tourism. National Coal Heritage Area The house is located within the National Coal Heritage Area, a thirteen-county region in southern West Virginia, in which the National Coal Heritage Area Authority promotes tourism, historic preservation, and economic development. The authority's support would be available in cases where the property is managed as a heritage resource. Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine A world-renowned tourist attraction, the exhibition mine at Beckley greets more than 50,000 visitors annually. Visitors can ride passenger cars underground through the historic mine and tour a mining museum and several historical buildings that have been moved to the park near the mine entrance. USA Today, in 2022, named the mine complex among the top 10 best history museums in the U.S. The attraction is a five-mile drive from the property. Black Knight Country Club Established by the officers of the Raleigh Coal & Coke Company in 1928, the Black Knight Country Club hosted the elite in the region for generations but, in recent years, was purchased by the City of Beckley as a municipal park. The park includes tennis courts, a conference center, a swimming pool, and a nine-hole golf course. Though marketed locally as "historic," the property is not on the National Register of Historic Places but may be determined to be eligible. The park is a 1.7-mile drive from the property. National Mine Health & Safety Academy The nearby mine academy is a federal facility established by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to train mine safety and health inspectors and technical support personnel. The 80-acre academy can prepare 600 students annually, including classrooms, residence halls, a gymnasium, a mine rescue station, an emergency operations center, and a mine simulation laboratory. The academy is a 6-mile drive.