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Fiscal Court authorizes exploration of multicounty industrial park; magistrates press for plan alignment and public input
Summary
Franklin County approved a resolution to pursue a multicounty Industrial Development Authority and continue a state grant application, while several magistrates urged pausing substantive action until the county’s comprehensive plan and public input align with any proposed industrial development.
The Franklin County Fiscal Court voted on Oct. 30 to authorize the county judge to represent Franklin County in pursuing a multicounty Industrial Development Authority with Anderson County and the cities of Frankfurt and Lawrenceburg and to advance a phase-two grant application from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.
Penny Peer, interim director of the Kentucky Community Development Corporation (KCDC), said the phase-one study examined whether a regional industrial park could work and that Phase 2 would allow a regional entity to continue prospecting and vetting sites and…
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