The Town of Argos is geared toward growth, and officials are currently taking steps to show it.
Aside from working with the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation to construct a manufacturing center at the Dewey Street industrial park, town officials are also working in conjunction with the Argos Community Development Corporation on a potential housing development at the Colonial Estates property.
At the town council meeting last Wednesday, Argos Town Attorney Derek Jones alerted the council members of some wording changes he made to the contract he’s been working on with the Community Development Corporation.
According to Clerk-Treasurer Lisa Mullaney Jones reported everything seems to be in order and the town would be able to proceed with this project, should they choose to enter into an agreement with the organization.
Though no official actions were taken during last week’s meeting, Mullaney said town council members s are very eager to tackle projects related to economic and community development.
She explained, “We hear about the things that other communities are doing around us. Culver is putting in new housing, Bremen is putting in new housing, Plymouth is looking at expanding and getting people to fill the hole that Del Monte left for them. We just want to keep on track with the rest of the county and not be a stagnant community.”
However, officials aren’t the only ones taking steps to further development in Argos. Mullaney added that a citizen-driven taskforce is currently engaged in several projects to help improve the town.
Some of the ongoing taskforce projects include speaking with OCRA officials about various community development opportunities and putting together a brochure for the Town of Argos.
Mullaney said taskforce members have also discussed the possibility of constructing a walking path to connect the town parks and they’re looking into ways to create and place signage around town in order to direct people toward important places such as government buildings and the schools.
