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Carmel officials say food-hall plan still active but funding, site control complicate timeline
Summary
City economic-development and redevelopment staff told the Carmel Common Council that the proposed food‑hall concept for Monon Square South remains under consideration, but funding timelines and partial site control by private owners have delayed a final plan.
Carmel councilors heard an update April 21 on the long‑running effort to bring a food‑hall and complementary development to the Monon Square South site, but city officials said the project’s financing and the fact the city does not wholly own the site have delayed action.
Nick Weber, Director of Economic Development for the City of Carmel, told the council the “food hall concept is a very complicated one, particularly trying to make the economics of it work.” He said the city has pursued two grant tracks: an application to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s (IEDC) Ready program that combined the food‑hall idea with a Monon greenway extension, and a Hamilton County tourism grant the project did not…
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