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Vigo County council adopts riverfront master plan resolution over two dissenting votes
Summary
The Vigo County Council voted 5-2 to approve a resolution adopting a Riverfront Master Plan as a guiding document. The plan, produced with Stantec and in-kind support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, totals $590,000; council members debated whether adoption obligates future county funds.
The Vigo County Council voted 5-2 to approve a resolution adopting a Riverfront Master Plan as a guiding document during its April meeting.
Lori Danielson, who presented the plan on behalf of local stakeholders and project partners, told the council “I can tell you it's $590,000 total for the plan, but $250,000 that was in kind from the Army Corps of Engineers.” She described the plan as a long-term, 200-page strategic master plan intended to attract private investment and guide redevelopment of roughly a 7,000-acre study area along the Wabash River.
The plan’s supporters said adoption would help the project team pursue grant and private funding because applicants and funders “want to see that there's support at a local level,” according to county legal counsel Michael Wright. Wright added that the resolution is not a contract obligating the county to fund future projects…
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