Friday, July 13, 2012
After cost estimates for multimillion-dollar park came in higher than expected, Sussex has canceled the July 25 public hearing and is expecting to end the project.
It appears that plans for a controversial new business park in Sussex are dead after preliminary costs for the project came in more than $1 million more than anticipated. Village Administrator Jeremy Smith says the Sussex Village Board will meet on July 24 to discuss the corporate park, proposed near Highway 164 and Silver Spring Drive, but he says the staff is recommending killing the project. A public hearing that had been scheduled for July 25 has been canceled. “The Village Board is going to be taking action on the project on the 24th, and my guess is the deal is probably done at this point,” Smith said. “Some of the engineering numbers are coming in much higher than anticipated, and while they might be worked out, it won’t be any time…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
With Sussex’s latest business park on the fast track, Pete Meissner says he’ll pull his 600 head of cattle from Sussex if the deal is approved.
It has been a heated battle between the Village of Sussex and Sussex farmer Pete Meissner over plans to construct a new business park, but the situation has just reached new heights. The 120 acres of farmland being evaluated for the new corporate center, near the corner of highways 164 and VV, was formerly owned by the Meissner family, but was sold in 2002. The family farm has continued to use the land after its sale, and Meissner says its essential to his cattle business in Sussex. “If Sussex buys that ground and we’re left with 120 less acres, I don’t believe we’ll be able to maintain our farming enterprises here,” said Meissner, whose family has been farming on the site for nearly 80 years. “Once that happens, there’s no turning back. …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A $60,000 grant has been approved to start the purchasing process of 120 acres of farmland to be developed into Sussex’s newest corporate park.
Both the Community Development Authority and the Sussex Village Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to begin the process of purchasing 120 acres of farmland on the west end of Sussex, turning it into a new corporate park. A community development grant totaling $60,000 will be paid to Brookfield developer MLG to begin surveying the land behind Kohl’s and Shopko, doing environmental studies and possibly completing the sale of the farmland with Johnson Bank, the current owner of the land. Sussex officials stress they have the right to stop the process at any time, and the grant money is revenue from a former tax incremental financing district, not tax money from Sussex homeowners. When filled with businesses, MLG estimates the business park…
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Adam
11:33 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Again bill, why do you live by a farm if you hate the smell?? Seems stupid. And why would it be a smart idea to put up a business park when the economy is in the tank and jobs aren't growing? We have enough empty buildings in Sussex as it is. more ›