A Boone County Preservation group was formed in response to the State of Indiana wanting to build the large development In rural Boone County. The group along with Attorney Mike Andreoli held a meeting Monday October 10th at the Boone County Fairground.
The meeting was held to update the community on what they had learned.
The Preservation group of citizens are mostly concerned or against the proposed development LEAP Project. LEAP stands for “Limitless exploration and advanced pace” The state plans to use rural Boone County as a site to attract companies in the advanced manufacturing research and development.
The Boone County Preservation group also have a Facebook page where they share their concerns.
Some of the concerns are No transparency, Possible damage to their water among many other concerns that they feel information has not been transparent to residents.
Some of the group feels that even with the amount of money being offered for their properties it is not worth losing their farm ground. One parent says the kids will have no place to raise their 4-H animals, ride their 4 wheeler’s, and No ground to romp in.
In July 2022, The Lebanon City Council voted 6-1 to approve the voluntary annexation of land belonging to nearly three dozen rural Boone County property owners.
state officials are pushing ahead with plans for an expansive high-tech business park.
As of now the one Big tech company that has signed on is Eli Lilly with plans to invest $2.1 Billion in the manufacturing sites which actually would bring many jobs to Boone County.
It is unclear at this time how many residents have submitted petitions to sell property to be included in the project.
For more information related to this article links are below.
Facebook link Boone County Preservation Group.