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Owensboro commissioners approve purchase of about 34.8 acres on Pleasant Valley Road in 3-2 vote
Summary
The Owensboro City Commission voted 3–2 to authorize the mayor to sign a purchase agreement for roughly 34.798 acres on Pleasant Valley Road, a parcel city officials said offers long-term economic-development flexibility near a newly built Kroger site.
The Owensboro City Commission voted 3–2 on Oct. 21 to authorize the mayor to execute a real estate purchase agreement for about 34.798 acres on Pleasant Valley Road.
City Manager Nate Pagan told commissioners the tract lies behind and to the south and east of the new Kroger under construction on Fairview Drive and was formerly part of a 60-acre family holding. Pagan said the city previously bought 25 acres from the same family in 2020 for right-of-way and that the family preferred to sell the remaining acreage to the city rather than see it remain in agricultural use.
Claude Bacon, president and CEO of the…
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