May 26, 2021
Mayor Mike Pavey
RUSHVILLE - Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Denny Spinner, executive director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, recently tapped Rushville Mayor Mike Pavey to serve the State of Indiana as a member of the newly formed Rural Affairs Working Group.
The governor has tasked this group with investigating avenues to set the course for Regional Recovery through new OCRA programs or the use of existing OCRA programs, such as the Stellar Communities program. The Rural Affairs Working Group will be using resources from the Purdue Center for Rural Development. Purdue will facilitate conversations on how Hoosiers can partner together to help lead rural communities to the Next Level recovery.
However, Beth Fields, the city s director of infrastructure and development, told more than 20 people in the Hutton Room of the Richmond Municipal Building and others participating on Zoom that the city already is fielding development inquiries.
“In partnership with the Economic Development Corporation, we have had some different developers that have come to look here specifically because of the investment we’re making in the Loop and the infrastructure, Fields said. They are very interested in potential apartment units, potential retail, potential restaurants. Those are some of the projects that they’ve spoken to us specifically about, and they have looked at specific real estate and toured specific real estate that is on the Loop because of their interest and because of the investment that’s being made.”
RICHMOND, Ind. Information about the next steps in the city s bicycle and pedestrian paths will be available Friday.
An informational meeting will be at 9 a.m. Friday, April 30, in the Hutton Room at the Richmond Municipal Building. Find the Zoom link at the city s Facebook page. A recording of the meeting will be posted on the city s website, www.richmondindiana.gov.
Phase 2 of the Loop project is being designed, with plans for construction to begin in February 2022.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation has pledged $2.72 million to pay for 80% of the Phase 2 construction as well as 80% of the estimated $80,065 needed to purchase rights-of-way for Phase 2.
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