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The idea that farmland is sacred and “needs to be preserved” is backwards. We have too much of it. That’s partially why farmers make such thin margins and need such big subsidies. And the razing of Indiana’s forests for farms has done a ton of ecological harm.
At the same time, private companies should be buying up farmland instead of the government. The IEDC trying to pull a China and build a planned tech district is a little much. I thought that we weren’t a country of planned economies?
A tech corridor is going to happen whether the IEDC buys Boone County land or not. I’d rather them not and let industry decide where it wants to go. In the meantime, focus on increasing QOL.
Robert, you know the corollary to those thin margins for farmers is having reasonable prices for food at the grocery store, right?
Are these really farmers? Take another good look at the photograph of Ms. Garst. That certainly doesn’t look like hogs standing behind her. A better description of some of these “farms” is country estates. We should all be very clear about what is really going on in exurbia around Indianapolis.
Horse farm, hog farm, who cares what kind of ‘farm’ it is. Some of this farm and land likely have been in families for hundred of years possibly. There really are some things not for sale, such as legacy.
Wow, you can a person, her property, her wealth and her entire lifestyle from one photograph?
It’s hard for me to comprehend how people see millions of dollars in there face and just say no. Ms. Garst can literally set any $$$ amount and be set for life. Her children or extending family set for life. Situations like these don’t last forever.
The whole thing is nonsense on all sides. It’s not adding a dense tech hub, and it’s not destroying efficient food-producing farms.
Also, freeway proximity doesn’t make it as attractive as they seem to think… There’s no transit from Indy to Lebanon to Lafayette. They will not have the “diverse high-quality pool drawn by an array of living options” they are claiming when the options are daily hourlong freeway commutes or living in Lebanon, a town with zero meaningful cultural experiences.
Unless I am mistaken about IEDC funding, I would suggest the headline on this article should read, “Indiana Taxpayers Paying Premium for Boone County Tech Park”…….just sayin’
The IEDC nor any other organization should be able to purchase property (especially that much property) behind the cloak of an attorney who doesn’t have to disclose the actual buyer. That is total BS! The property owners and Hoosier tax payers should be made aware of any project like this well before 9,000 acres of land has been puchased. What happened to public hearings and transparency??
This practice skews land values.