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Dearborn County adopts redevelopment-area designation for Whitewater project after hydrology study
Summary
County commissioners approved two resolutions to designate a Moore Drive economic revitalization area and to accept a 10-year tax abatement package for a proposed processing facility, after a third-party hydrology review and a presentation from the company proposing the project.
Dearborn County commissioners on an evening meeting approved a confirmatory resolution designating part of Moore Drive as an economic revitalization area and a separate resolution approving a 10-year, declining real-property tax abatement for a proposed processing facility. The votes followed a presentation of an independent hydrologic review and a company briefing about operations, jobs and local investment.
The redevelopment commission’s president, Tim Deaton, told the council the county sought an independent analysis after concerns raised at an earlier meeting about potential water withdrawals and wastewater discharges. “We were really enthused about this project and what it was going to bring us. We didn’t want any bad consequences either,” Deaton said as he introduced the hired consultant’s findings.
The county hired Intera, an environmental consulting firm, to run a desktop hydrologic and water-quality assessment of the…
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