Clark County’s Community and Economic Development Department named best in state
The department also helped fund two large projects in New Carlisle: $367,100 in critical infrastructure funds went to the Fenwick Drive street and drainage improvements, and $173,900 went to demolishing a blighted and vacant school in the middle of the city.
The department also operated the Clark County Land Reutilization Corp.
Early in the year, the Land Bank took donation of the former South Limestone Street Kroger property, which closed in 2019, causing a severe food desert in the south side of Springfield. The Land Bank worked closely with the city to quickly locate a new grocer for the facility and sold the property earlier this year to Groceryland LLC.
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“Amongst all of the challenges 2020 brought the world, Clark County came together to overcome great hurdles,” said Clark County Community and Economic Development Director…