The Gadsden Airport Authority will update the status of rendering plant litigation and schedule another meeting this one to hear proposals from potential buyers or leasers of the contested tract when it meets Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at The Venue.
The authority is involved in litigation related to Pilgrim Pride s expressed interest in buying or leasing about 88 acres of land owned by the GAA on Steele Station Road. Pilgrim s Pride wants to build a rendering plant to make animal food ingredients.
The GAA currently has two informal offers on the table to buy or lease the property. One is from Pilgrim s for construction of the rendering plant. The second is from a group that opposes the plant.
Gina Hollingsworth doesn’t just have nearby property, she has personal memories linked to the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport.
So, she’s not happy at being labeled an “outsider” for her opposition to a proposed Pilgrim’s Pride rendering plant on Steele Station Road near the airport.
Hollingsworth spoke Tuesday during citizens’ comments at the Gadsden City Council’s weekly meeting.
She related, in depth, her family’s long history in Gadsden where she and her husband now live in District 4 and how first her grandfather then her father built homes near the airport more than 50 years ago. Her son currently lives in her grandparents’ former house.
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The preliminary injunction granted Monday is a win for opponents of the proposed rendering plant, but they still want Gadsden Council to pull the plug.