SITTING ATOP AN ANCIENT OCEAN and nestled amid lush hillsides, Charleston is a city of delightful surprises. During the past decade, historic homes and buildings have beckoned young creatives, who are transforming downtown districts with hip art galleries, chic boutiques and independent restaurants, brew-eries and distilleries. A historic destination with a fresh edge, this river city is not alone in its unique appeal. The entire Kanawha Valley – Charleston , South Charleston , Dunbar , St. Albans and Nitro – is an inviting collection of small-town main streets reinventing themselves into welcoming, off-the-beaten path destinations that are getting national atten-tion from publications like The Washington Post , Southern Living and Taste of the South magazines. Additionally, hundreds of mil-lions of dollars in new public and private investment have helped spark the area’s renewal. Visitors are welcomed by new and refur-bished hotels, restaurants with outdoor dining, the arrival of Uber and Lyft, improved green spaces, the new Shawnee Sports Complex and the stunning new-ly renovated Charleston Coli-seum and Convention Center that reclaimed its river view with huge glass expanses. Located directly across from Charleston Town Center Mall , the expand-ed Convention Center boasts exceptional public art. › West Virginia State Capitol #CWV 3
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