Costco Coming To Washington

Washington County held its first annual Real Estate Expo on Wednesday. Part of the event was the State of the County address. Commissioners Nick Sherman and Electra Janis detailed a number of projects that the county is involved with. They also made one big announcement about a big box store coming to the site of the soon to be demolished Washington Mall. Costco will be moving in. According to Commissioner Nick Sherman, bids to demolish the old Washington Mall will go out soon. Other projects include the construction of the new Public Safety Building on the site of the Courthouse Square Building, the addition of thirty cabins and RV sites at Cross Creek county park. Also, the construction of the new AHN Canonsburg Hospital, continued support for the UPMC Washington Hospital merger and welcoming a new medical partner WVU Medicine that will be moving into Southpointe.