Herron told the commissioners the village is working to grow to offset our income tax purposes. “Our plans are to generate mixed use properties. It would be not only residential but some commercial applications for our outlying areas,” he said. A developer is “extremely interested in this area,” Herron said.
The development of the property could push the city past the 5,000 population threshold to be a city. That could occur in the next couple of years, Herron said. There were no objections aired to the annexation proposal.
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