You are cordially invited to an open house presentation by Ball State landscape architecture students on Monday, March 17th at 1:30 p.m. at the Reid Presbyterian Church at the corner of North A and North 11. The students developed several projects that link the central business district with the following areas:

Gorge/Logo Building
Veterans Memorial Park
Depot District
Wayne County Museum
Uptown
US 40 Corridor
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Main Street RWC will host a planning meeting on November 20 to solicit input for the 2008 calendar of events. Please join us from 5:30 to 6:30 at the Uptown Innovation Center, 814 E Main St. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Tammy Tidrow, 765-962-8151, ttidrow@uptownrichmond.com. (Note: this meeting was previously scheduled for 11/14, but was rescheduled to 11/20 due to conflicts.)

As a part of a series of columns on agribusiness issues, Director of Wayne County Zoning and Planning Steve Higinbotham wrote an article today on the growing local interest in renewable energy sources and solicits feedback from the public on these issues.

The city of Richmond and its plan commission is currently updating its land use ordinances. The discussions have included regulations for wind towers, confined feeding operations and ethanol production facilities. The Wayne County Plan Commission has recently introduced these topics for discussion in its meetings as well. The Richmond/Wayne County Chamber of Commerce agribusiness committee will serve in a capacity to network, educate and address these specific issues. If you have a comment that could play a part in developing land use criteria for Wayne County, please contact any of these organizations, because there is no doubt that what was once old will be new again.

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