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Wetzel Chronicle: Flood insurance rates skyrocket, threaten homes

In February 2013, Bart and Clare Cannizzaro saw an opportunity for investment.

It wasn't simply a financial investment such as buying stocks or bonds, but an investment in a town, in history, in a beautiful old home, in their family.

The home at 300 Clark Street was in foreclosure and the lender was looking for a buyer. The Cannizzaro family carefully considered the option to buy this piece of New Martinsville. The home was in a state of disrepair, but they thought that through some investment of money, time, and love, it could make a fine home for their young family of four.

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