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Reactions to announcement; the future of the Horizon Center land?
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Oak Ridgers are reacting to the news that developer H.E. “Rusty” Bittle now plans to put a proposed motorsports park in a different East Tennessee community than Oak Ridge.
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Explaining his reasoning for opting out of placing a motorsports park at the Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge, Bittle stated in his announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy sent a letter to the city Industrial Development Board last week stating that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and mitigation would be needed if Bittle decided to use the area for a motorsports park, which he had wanted to do. The additional testing, Bittle stated, could cost more than $7 million and take three to four years to complete, with no guarantees that final approval would be received for the project. The IDB or the motorsports park would have had to pay the cost, the news release stated. Althou
UCOR gives $100K for Oak Ridge’s Wilson Street development project
Special to The Oak Ridger
On Tuesday, March 23, UCOR committed $100,000 to the Wilson Street Development Project in Oak Ridge. This project will create a new multi-use city center that includes restaurants, shops, offices, apartments, condominiums, and green spaces along Wilson Street near the Main Street Oak Ridge development.
“One of UCOR’s fundamental values is giving back to the communities that we work and live in. Since 2011, UCOR has donated over $3M to community initiatives, including over $600K in the last year alone,” UCOR Chief of Staff Joe Aylor told attendees at the East Tennessee Economic Council meeting on March 26, according to a news release from the environmental management company. “Our investment is the first major corporate contribution to the Wilson Street