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City details Alice site and Jack Pine business-park plans tied to county road
Summary
Eveleth officials described plans to develop the 'Alice' site for commercial pads and advance the Jack Pine business park; both efforts hinge on contamination remediation, grant funding, and a county-built road connection that will determine parcel availability.
City officials described two separate economic‑development efforts: a smaller 'Alice' site near Fail Road intended to host commercial pads and a larger Jack Pine business park tied to a county road extension. "This is really, really, really a new concept...we finally here are in 2025...to put together a design," Acting Mayor Matt Rowan said of the Alice location, adding two local parties have expressed interest and that prior soil contamination is a constraint requiring grant funding for cleanup.
Why this matters: both sites are pitched as ways to expand local tax base and create space for businesses already in town to relocate or expand. Rowan said the Alice area remediation will likely rely on grant funds to reduce costs to the tax base; Bob Streeter was named as a principal working on renderings and site plans.
On the Jack Pine business park, Rowan said the project depends on a county‑built road that will connect Highway 37 and a new roundabout; surveys for wetlands, bedrock and utilities are underway and the county schedule has pushed initial construction back roughly one year. "We will probably know a lot more in the next month or two as they are hoping to have tied together where the road can actually go now," he said.
Next steps: the city will continue grant and remediation work for Alice and coordinate with county transportation planners for the Jack Pine roadwork; both efforts remain in site‑preparation and outreach stages rather than at approval or construction.
