Brownfield Redevelopment site:
The site is approximately 11.42 acres in the city of Huron, owned by city of Huron on the north side of U.S.Route 6 (Cleveland Road East), and west of the River Road intersection. The site is outlined in yellow on the image at right.
Approximately $8.5 million in public funding has been spent to acquire and cleanup the 20 acres that include this site and the site immediately south, which is the 8.5 acre Huron River Boat Launch. The launch opened in 2010 and was created through a partnership of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources divisions of Wildlife and Watercraft and the city of Huron.
The buildings that remain on the ConAgra site are scheduled for implosion at 3 pm January 8, 2012. The estimated 48,000 tons of concrete rubble will be recycled on site into material that can be reused to create the base for streets, sidewalks, parking lots and potentially riprap for the refurbishing the seawall along the river (west side of the property).
As part of the property acquisition process, the city of Huron had to guarantee that a minimum of a 30-foot public pedestrian access must be maintained around the perimeter of the site.
Historically, the site's uses included a Lake Erie port, a railroad spur for Norfolk & Western and an agriculture/industry site. Both water and sewer line mains are available on site for tapping into.
Timeline:
On Monday September 12, 8th grade students were given the opportunity to listen to the following advisory panel presentations and ask questions of the presenters before undertaking the development of their plans. Each school district participating in the competition will select three teams of students to move on to the county-level competition. On Friday December 9, 2011, the teams of students from each school district presented their plans to a panel of judges with the opportunity for all competing teams to question the team making each development proposal. At the end of the day, a winner was chosen.
Advisory Presentations
To download each speaker’s PowerPoint presentation, click on the image.
LAND USE PLANNING
Erie County Planning Department
Tim King
419.627.7524
tking@erieCounty.oh.gov
ZONING
City of Sandusky Planner
Carrie Handy
419.627.5873
chandy@ci.sandusky.oh.us
FINANCE
Economic Development Consultant
Greg Sherman
419.433.7632
gregoryesherman@cs.com
ENVIRONMENT
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Office of Coastal Management
Brenda Culler
419.626.7980 x4100
brenda.culler@dnr.state.oh.us
Links (ABC order):
Teacher Contacts/Teams by School:
( team projects will be added after they are presented in December)
For questions about the Erie County Land Use Debate, contact: