Wright County approves inclusion of property in Wolstock Urban Renewal Area; county hears project details

The Wright County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 2025-29 to include a parcel and adjacent public rights-of-way in the 2025 Wolstock Urban Renewal Area during the board's regular meeting.

County officials said the City of Wolstock provided a revised legal description this morning, substituting a parcel number for the prior legal description; the board accepted the revised description and approved the resolution.

During discussion, county and city representatives described the project's purpose and timeline. Bruce (last name not recorded on the transcript) said the county economic development office, especially Daryl, had worked with a cooperative and private property owners on the project. The project involves a coop facility that will accommodate about 35 semitrucks on-site; officials said semitrailer traffic would be contained within the facility and would not result in through traffic on local roads.

County officials said placing the parcel in an urban renewal area enables the City of Wolstock to capture increment for redevelopment. Wolstock plans to use proceeds to address an aging water plant that is about 35 years old, and to support utility and site work tied to the coop project, the transcript shows.

Board members voted in favor of the resolution after motion and second; no formal opposition was recorded. County staff noted the urban renewal area boundary extends approximately two miles outside the city limits to capture the project area, and the city engineer from Des Moines is involved in project engineering and low- and moderate-income (LMI) compliance work.