Intermodal facility being explored |
Intermodal facility being explored |
Aug 20 2007, 01:01 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;TM=54065.42
QUOTE Co. Committee To Look At Intermodal Officials to start advisory task force to ensure ‘transparent’ process in development. Laurie Wink The News-Dispatch LA PORTE - An advisory task force is being created to help county officials evaluate prospective developers and sites for an intermodal freight terminal in La Porte County. County Commission President Barbara Huston said in a press release Friday the commissioners are developing an "orderly and fair process" that would involve public input. The task force will have 15 to 20 members. The convergence of rail lines, coupled with closeness to major interstate highways, has positioned La Porte County as a prime location for a facility that could create jobs and boost economic development. It would serve as a place where cargo is transferred between trucks and trains. Two railroad companies are said to be eying locations here, but are saying little publicly about their plans. Some property owners have said they have been approached by a real estate company that has been buying options on farmland in southern La Porte County. "We will put a very public, transparent process in place to evaluate developers and sites before we ever give approvals to anyone," Huston said. Huston said the county has received multiple inquiries from real estate firms, venture capital groups, railroads and real estate investment trusts interested in prospective county locations. She said county attorney Shaw Friedman and county economic development coordinator Matt Reardon will coordinate contacts and issue a request of interest to identify serious proposals. Her own preference is to use the Kingsbury Industrial Park as the site of the intermodal facility, but she and the other commissioners are open to all possibilities, she said. |
Oct 24 2007, 11:39 AM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
Its a start. And I really do think other industry and manufacturing will follow. There are too many natural advantages to the area for it not to happen. Then again there are too many bad politicians for it to work perfectly either...
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Oct 24 2007, 08:42 PM
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Its a start. And I really do think other industry and manufacturing will follow. There are too many natural advantages to the area for it not to happen. Then again there are too many bad politicians for it to work perfectly either... These manufacturing jobs have just left the area. They will not be coming back here until a labor movement happens in the nations that are aquiring these jobs. In the United States of America, way back in 1874 the labor movement here, took 12 year old and under kids out of the factories. The country's that now do the manufacturing of OUR products have not done this yet. Until Mexico and China start requiring a living wage and take the kids out of the work place we can not compete. While we would never dream of putting our kids in a factory for 12 - 16 hours a day for little pay, we have no problem wearing shoes and clothing made by kids from another country. Next time it rains and you turn on your windshield wipers, say thanks to some 11 year old in Mexico for assembling them. Again Low skill, low paying frieght yard and wharhouse jobs that do not pay a living wage will only set us back. We can not afford to keep selling ourselves short and accept what ever comes our way. Create a great place to live and good jobs will show up. History will show you that cities that put the people that live there and their quality of life first, will end up with the better employers and jobs. |
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