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Council removes blight designation for former Hastings Regional Center, freeing 162 acres for other CRA uses
Summary
After staff analysis and a planning commission recommendation, the council removed the blight and substandard designation for Redevelopment Area No. 12 (the former Hastings Regional Center). Staff said the state still owns and maintains the site and the removal frees up the city's 35% cap on blighted acreage for other areas.
The Hastings City Council voted to remove the designation of blighted and substandard from Redevelopment Area Number 12, commonly called the former Hastings Regional Center, citing changed conditions and ongoing state ownership of the site.
Planning staff presented a blight study and photographs of the site and said the redevelopment area had originally been designated blighted in 2009 when the city considered future redevelopment options while the state might have sold the property. Staff said many older structures have since been demolished and that the state currently owns and maintains the property;…
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