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Medical pros drive economic renaissance.(No. 1: Huntington-Ashland, W. Va.-Ky.-Ohio)(Restaurant...

The Huntington, WV, and Ashland, KY, metropolitan statistical area has the highest growth potential for restaurants according to the 1996 Restaurant Opportunity Index. Huntington's and Ashland's thriving medical community, with regional hospitals and a medical school, is driving economic growth and commercial development. The best menu opportunities in this region are midscale family steak houses and seafood restaurants.

A burgeoning medical community is resuscitating the economy of an area once primarily known for coal mining and oil refining. Huntington, W.Va., boasts two major

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