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Mid Carolina Commerce Park expansion would cost ~$4.25M; county staff outlines plan to cover roughly $1M
Summary
Economic development director Rick Farmer presented a Phase 3B plan that would add roughly 1,500 linear feet of road and a 300,000-square-foot pad; the project estimate is $4.25 million, offset by a $3 million state enhancement grant, leaving about $1 million the county would need to commit from existing accounts and incoming reimbursements.
Rick Farmer, director of Newberry County Economic Development, presented the Mid Carolina Commerce Park Phase 3B master plan and described work needed to make additional lots 'shovel ready.' Farmer said the project would pave a red-highlighted section of road (about 1,500 linear feet) and install a 300,000-square-foot pad on Lot 6, with a projected total cost of about $4,250,000.
County staff reported the county secured a $3,000,000 enhancement grant toward…
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