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Vigo County commissioners approve transfer of tax-sale certificate to Terre Haute for EPA cleanup site
Summary
The Vigo County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 2025-4 to begin transferring a tax-sale certificate for a former Columbia Enameling/Columbia Home Products parcel to the City of Terre Haute for cleanup and redevelopment; the mayor and county discussed EPA and IDEM involvement and an eventual public‑private partnership.
Vigo County commissioners voted to approve Resolution 2025-4 to begin the process of transferring a tax‑sale certificate for an industrial parcel to the City of Terre Haute’s redevelopment office.
Mayor Brandon Sackman told the board the parcel — historically associated with Columbia Enameling/Columbia Home Products — is the subject of federal and state cleanup work. “They allocated about $5,000,000 of emergency super fund cleanup,” Sackman said, and later added that the total cleanup assistance could reach about $7,000,000. He called for the county to begin the long process of transferring ownership to the city so a…
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