Plans keep moving forward on housing projects as part of the Marshall County Crossroads Regional Stellar Communities Initiative and the Quality of Life plan.
Projects include Riverside Commons in Plymouth and Lapaz Lodge for low income housing sites. Funding for the projects will be considered by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority in January. The Lapaz project will be located on the southeast corner Michigan Road and Troyer Street. Eight units of rental housing will be built there. The Plymouth Riverside Commons project will be on the northwest corner of Baker Street and Richter Road near Riverside Intermediate School and the Greenway Trail. There will be a combination of townhouses and apartments at that location.
Other aspects of the Quality of Life plan include owner-occupied rehabilitation, Lapaz water study, and Bourbon wastewater utility improvements.
The Marshall County Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program completed the application process on Saturday, October 24 with a series of in-take meetings at the six communities throughout the county. About 70 homeowners looking to participate in the program to have repairs made at their home attended one of these meetings to complete the application process to take part in the $500,000 grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. Contractor bidding will begin in the spring with work beginning on homes in the summer of 2021.
The Lapaz Town Council is working on a water utility planning study, and contracts for the Bourbon Wastewater Utility project have been signed with bids to go out in January.
The Town of Bourbon’s project is to replace and improve two lift stations in town and extend the life of the wastewater lagoon. This project will also be integral in improving future commercial and housing development.
Members of the Marshall County Crossroads Regional Stellar Communities Initiative look forward to these projects improving the county’s quality of life.
