Businesses Have Stood Test of Time | News, Sports, Jobs
There’s a lot to be said for longevity in business.
The Wheeling area long has prided itself for housing family owned and operated businesses that have stood the test of time, evolving over more than a century to continue serving area residents. West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner last week traveled here to honor 23 such businesses that have called Wheeling home since the early 1900s.
Imagine the ups-and-downs these businesses have experienced over more than a century.
As Warner noted, they’ve lasted through two world wars, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, at least one global pandemic and periods of social unrest, not to mention the massive transition is how businesses operate during the technological age.
“That’s not something that should be taken lightly,” Warner said. “You guys have been here doing it over and over again. This is an impressive array of businesses and…