The infrastructure funding for the project breathed some life into the Ridge View on Foster development that’s gone quiet since the pandemic hit the area in 2020
“I thought we were done with this weird selling stuff to the Chamber, and them giving it away after the Casey’s lot. It happened again,” Hanson said. “People call me all the time asking me about the deals, and I can’t answer them.”
Although the project that sought to bring around 90 homes across the street of Avera Queen of Peace hospital has been sidelined since April 2020, Geri Beck, CEO of the Mitchell Area Development Corporation (MADC) and Chamber of Commerce, says the housing development is still on the table.
Council declines option to buy back former Casey s lot, hoping for donation We did that once, and it didn’t work out,” Sabers said, casting the lone vote deny the sale and go the route of the city buying the lot back from Doerr for $20,000 to redevelop it the “right way.” Written By: Sam Fosness | ×
The former Casey s General Store location on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Main Street in Mitchell is pictured on July 1, 2021. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)
A controversial bare lot on Mitchell s Main Street will be sold in hopes that the profits will be given to the city of Mitchell.
Mitchell City Council to consider black eye sale of former Casey s lot as owner to profit $19K from original purchase
“I’m not supporting buying this back for $20,000. This should be a black eye on the MADC, not the city,” Council member Dan Allen said. Written By: Sam Fosness | ×
The former Casey s General Store location on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Main Street in Mitchell is pictured on July 1, 2021. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)
A vacant Mitchell Main Street lot, across from the Corn Palace, that’s been shrouded in controversy for the cheap price it sold for in 2019 will change ownership later this month.