Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter to ask: "What is happening to Marlinton?"

French's Diner has closed and I have learned that Main Street Fitness and the laundromat are closing this month, both due to taxes and water increases.

Slowly, I have watched stores close and the town get just "a little smaller." I am very concerned for the future of Marlinton and the people who live here.

Is there anything we as a community can do? Can the town give tax breaks to businesses? Cut back on the water rate hike?

There are several more businesses that barely make it from month to month and they are close to "going under."

Money is tight for everyone, but if we do not support the town economy, soon we will have just a few businesses in town.

As businesses and jobs are lost, so is the population and our future.

Thank you,
Dennis M. Mynuk
Marlinton