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Noblesville s $113M Pleasant Street project gets new path, lessens historic impact John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT Noblesville is driving forward with a $113 million plan to rebuild Pleasant Street and erect a bridge over the White River on an alternative route that lessens intrusion in a historic neighborhood. But the new route will jog through the property of a long-time Noblesville manufacturer which has threatened to move from the city. The project will also require demolishing or acquiring parcels from scores of homes and businesses. “There will be an impact with something this size,” said City Engineer Alison Krupski. ....
Noblesville is driving forward with a $113 million plan to rebuild Pleasant Street and erect a bridge over the White River on an alternative route that lessens intrusion in a historic neighborhood. But the new route will jog through the property of a long-time Noblesville manufacturer which has threatened to move from the city. The project will also require demolishing or acquiring parcels from scores of homes and businesses. “There will be an impact with something this size,” said City Engineer Alison Krupski. What s now being branded as the Reimagine Pleasant Street project has been in the planning stages for more than 25 years and is intended to relieve east-west traffic congestion in the growing suburb. ....
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:00 AM You may not be familiar with African American civil rights activist Rev. Ernest D. Butler because he lived here for just ten years over half a century ago, but you should be. Rev. Butler packed a lot into those years, and when he left, Noblesville was a different city. Butler and his wife, Mary, moved their seven children (an eighth would come along later) to Noblesville in the fall of 1949 when he took over the pulpit of the First Baptist Church, the church Rev. Barney Stone once led. The Connersville native knew at an early age he wanted to go into the ministry, but the fact he did is pretty amazing. Until he was in high school, he suffered from a speech impediment so serious only his parents could understand him. ....