Main Street Morning

Main Street Fairmont is proud to host a “Main Street Morning” for the Fairmont-Marion County Transit Authority (FMCTA) on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 9:00 am at 400 Quincy Street, Fairmont.

The FMCTA was created in 1973 when the County Commission and the City of Fairmont got together to form the Transit Authority. The Transit Authority was originally located on Maryland Avenue near Woodchucks until the FMCTA constructed their headquarters at 400 Quincy Street in 1981. The headquarters was over 10,000 sq. feet and was made possible through the cooperation of Senators Randolph and Byrd, Congressman Mollohan and Governor Jay Rockefeller. In 2007, the FMCTA needed to rehabilitate their garage and temporarily moved to the old Fire and Police Station on Monroe Street. This move allowed the FMTCA to continue to provide uninterrupted service while the Quincy Street garage was under renovation. Senator Byrd acquired nearly $2 million to renovate the FMCTA building with the county responsible for less than $100,000.00. In June 2008, the FMCTA held their grand-reopening of their Quincy Street operations and unveiled their state of the art garage.

The FMCTA serves the community by providing 23 handicap accessible buses which travel over 500,000 miles a year with over 150,000 passengers boarding their buses. The Transit Authority travels hourly to Rivesville, Whitehall, Fairview/Grant Town, and Mannington. Between Monday and Friday, the FMCTA also provides residents with three trips daily to the Veterans Hospital in Clarksburg and Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.

The FMCTA is a member of the downtown Fairmont and Marion County Community and is proud to have been part of the catalyst to revitalize the Quincy Street neighborhood. Director George Levitsky is quick to say that in addition to residents and riders, the City of Fairmont, Marion County and their neighbors on Quincy Street (especially the Times West Virginian) all helped to make the FMCTA a success.

Please join us as we re-welcome the FMCTA to the neighborhood. We will serve coffee and donuts from 9 to 11a.m. This event is free and open to the public.