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Resident urges county to preserve Clinton Community College site as park, criticizes CCIDA proposals

5789827 · July 20, 2025
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Summary

A public commenter recommended retaining most of the former Clinton Community College site for public parkland, criticized proposals from the county Industrial Development Agency as financially speculative, and urged careful review of development plans.

Jeffrey Barker, a resident who gave his address on the record, used the public-comment period at the July 16 Clinton County Legislature meeting to urge county officials and the Clinton County Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) to reconsider commercial redevelopment proposals for the former Clinton Community College campus.

Barker said he had reviewed three concepts circulated by the CCIDA and concluded they were “unsubstantiated and overly optimistic plans that are not practical to be financially feasible and successful.”…

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