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Council adopts zoning for Davies thermoplastics plant after procedural debate over testimony

Hammond Common Council · January 27, 2026
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Summary

Council approved ordinance 26-04 to reclassify land at 1175 State Street for a roughly 50,000 sq ft Davies thermoplastics facility projected to create about 40 jobs; the meeting included a procedural dispute about public testimony at final passage and a developer presentation of renderings.

The Hammond Common Council voted unanimously to adopt ordinance 26-04, reclassifying several parcels including 1175 State Street to allow construction of a Davies thermoplastics manufacturing facility.

Councilman Salinas described the site as a long-vacant, illegally dumped property to be transformed into a modern precast facility with landscaping, truck circulation redesign and…

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