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So AFTER the battery factories and chip factory and Lilly facilities were announced in other states, we think the problem is “lack of development sites”?
There is a lack of development sites for projects like this. The types of companies who are seeking these sites and the state is trying to secure, want to see the sites turn key ready and waiting for them. They don’t want to wait on the due diligence purchase process or to jump through multiple layers of approvals. Having sites like this ready will take the timeframe from years to a few months. The quicker you can get them under roof and operating, the better the companies like it and are more likely to choose Indiana. We have plenty of distribution here- we need more manufacturing.
I don’t believe that Indiana failed to land those recent factory commitments because we lack development sites.
There was never any trouble assembling giant sites and building roads for GM, Subaru, Toyota, or Honda in the past.
Bring it on. This is the future for our kids.
I’d like to state that this comment was not made be me, the other Kevin K.
You know my pain. There is me and then there is another Robert H.
There goes more corn and soybean fields..
As a Lebanon resident, GREAT. The “small town” vibe is total. Poor is poor – this area needs development and it’s going to happen no matter what – having a good plan will make this better for all parties.
Just what I-65 needs: yet more trucks!
Under the new federal infrastructure plan, Indiana plans on using a portion of its share of funding to make I-65 three lanes between Gary at the I-94 toll road and Jeffersonville at the Ohio River. At the same time it also intends to make all of I-70 between Ohio and Illinois three lanes as well.
Exactly what is needed!!! Good news!!!!
Because continued sprawl in sparsely inhabitated area screams forward thinking
Murray, what is your idea of “forward thinking”? Based on your numerous prior posts, I think we knew you answer.
What might that be, since you know everything?
I think “anti-progress” sums it up, be it politically or socially or environmentally or economically or judicially. Even middle-of-the-road is more than you can handle.
It’s impressive how little you say while using, typically, so many words. Seems you rarely ever reply addressing the initial comment at hand.
You have to build in a fashion that is appealing to the companies that would pay thousands of workers millions in salaries. Sorry, Murray, there isn’t 4,000-7,000 acres of land inside Marion County to build this.
The assembly, entitlement process, extension of utilities and infrastructure development can take years. When Tech innovators are looking to expand the need is immediate and Indiana needs shovel ready land inventory available to compete on a national and global level. Indiana is taking the needed action to be prepared for the future.
Correct Nikki!!
We already have 16Tech in the works, which aims to achieve the same goals, and we struggle with labor market retention because we are putting these jobs so far away from the major population centers with no public transportation access. The last thing we need is to continue the outward sprawl of jobs.
The idea is to build the Indiana equivalent of Research Triangle Park in Indiana. Located centrally between Indianapolis, Purdue, and Rose-Hulman makes sense to me …not sure if it will work given how few of our students actually go on to those schools or want to stay here, but at least it’s an effort …. beats doubling down on more distribution centers.
A.T. – 16 Tech is not intended to be a manufacturing site, but rather a place where medical sciences and technology can innovate in a “run free and collaborate” environment. Think incubator, not manufacturing.
16Tech is NOTHING like what is proposed here. And this group that wants to preserve farmland … these are the same people who will complain about the lack of semiconductors because there’s no place in the U.S. to manufacture them. If a developer came to them with a big check for their land, would they take?
How about a Bus Rapid Transit Line that runs along I-65 between Downtown Indy and Lebanon, maybe even with limited runs to Lafayette?
If not for the state legislature, we could have light rail running from downtown up Michigan Road with stops inside Indianapolis up to 86th Street then heading to I-65 via I-865 with stops on the west side of Zionsville, Lebanon, Lafayette, and West Lafayette. Plenty of land for park-and-ride lots near the stops.
Yeah, but we can’t do that. So, how about a nice BRT that would not only bring workers up to Boone County (coupled with a shuttle system to get to all the big employers up there), but also provide a time-competitive bus trip to downtown for commuters, entertainment, etc?
NOTICE – **This is not Richard S. commenting on this article** Boone County needs this development in order to thrive and not become a run-down mid-size farming community. I was raised in a farming community in Illinois that was thriving and a great place to live and raise a family. To see it today, it is a ghost town without a grocery store or the necessary commodities needed without having to go to the closest bigger city to grocery shop, go out to eat, clothes shop, entertainment, etc. If that is what you want Lebanon to become, keep pushing new opportunities/developments out of the area and you’ll get exactly that. Then we will hear nothing but complaining because we don’t have any local resources for every-day necessities or entertainment. I read a lot of complaining about not having nice restaurants to eat at and how we can’t keep stores we had in the community in business. In order to have these things, development has to happen; companies have to “want” to come to Boone County to do business. Think about what the community needs are and what it will be like in 10, 20, 30 or 50 years from now and what our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will need in order to survive and make a living. Stop thinking of only yourselves and think of the community’s future and the future of our families. That is what matters. Bring on the new development and opportunities! We ALL will benefit from it. ~ MM