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Terre Haute council tables rezoning, after residents raise historic-preservation and TIF concerns
Summary
The Terre Haute City Council on a voice vote moved to table Resolution 14, a developer-backed rezoning and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan for property near Edgewood Grove and Farrington's Grove, after multiple residents and council members sought more data on housing density, infrastructure costs and historic preservation rules.
The Terre Haute City Council voted to table Resolution 14 — a proposed rezoning and TIF-backed development near Edgewood Grove and Farrington’s Grove — until the council’s June 12 meeting after extended public comment and council questions about density, infrastructure funding and historic-preservation protections.
Residents told the council the proposal risks harming nearby historic neighborhoods and that more data is needed. “What I am is exhausted. I'm exhausted at the lack of vision, the lack of attention to historic buildings and sites in the city,” Carrie Youssef, president of Farrington Grove Historical District, Inc., told the council during the public-comment period.
The council moved the item to the second June meeting after several council members said they wanted more time to review project details. “There's been no effort by the part of anybody at this table to hide this…
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