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Residents urge halt to industrial rezoning in New Carlisle, voice concerns about solar regulations and tax abatement changes

5491292 · July 15, 2025
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Speakers at the public-comment portion urged the county to stop rezoning agricultural land in Olive Township and New Carlisle for industrial use, and one commenter opposed proposed solar regulations and changes to affirmative-action language in the tax abatement ordinance.

At the July 8 public-comment period of the Saint Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents urged the county to stop rezoning agricultural land in Olive Township and New Carlisle for industrial development and raised concerns about proposed regulations for solar development and changes to tax abatement affirmative-action language.

Dan Caruso of New Carlisle told the board that New Carlisle and Olive Township have contributed…

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