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Regional authority pursues two industrial sites; Berea 300-acre site advance targets PDI and $6M federal CPF funds
Summary
Advisors presented plans for a Berea 300-acre industrial site (estimated ~200 developable acres) and a possible 800-acre Madison County site, noted engineering and funding steps (PDI application, RFP for engineering) and projected jobs and tax revenue at full build-out.
The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee received an update Aug. 19 from MWM Consulting and the newly formed Central Kentucky Regional Business Park Authority on two candidate industrial parks: a smaller Berea site the city has offered (approximately 300 acres, with estimated developable acreage near 200) and a larger, under-contract 800-acre northern Madison County site.
Lucas Witt of MWM Consulting briefed the committee, citing the Berea site's advantages: city ownership, entitlement for heavy industrial uses, proximate utilities and adjacency to an existing industrial park. Witt said engineering (an RFP for services) will begin in September to determine final developable acreage because portions of the Berea parcel include floodplain; that engineering will support a September…
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