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Michigan City Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Clarence Hulse rapidly walked the City Council through a long list of projects in his annual update.

Housing is the big issue because of the Double Track NWI project that will bring Michigan City into an easy commute to Chicago.

“Housing, housing, housing. That's the big issue right now, workforce housing, but also doing rehab, something we have not done very much in Michigan City,” Hulse said.

Mayor Duane Parry teased to one of the projects in his State of the City address. It will be the first new subdivision in the city in half a century.

Woodland Ridge, a single-family residential development on Pahs Road, will be before the Plan Commission next week, Hulse said.

The 32-acre subdivision would have 113 homes ranging from 1,250 to 2,400 square feet and cost $270,000 to the mid-$300,000s.