Fairland Preps for Next Round with Ethanol Company
by John Walker (Shelbyville News) Area residents worried about a proposed ethanol manufacturing plant intend to voice their concerns at an upcoming meeting of the Shelbyville Plan Commission.
But first, questions about the project are to be sent to the Shelbyville mayor’s office.
POET LLC, based in South Dakota, wants to build the ethanol plant on 145 acres located on County Road 300 North a short distance west of Tom Hession Drive.
The site is about 2 miles southeast of Fairland and about the same distance northwest of Shelbyville’s Northridge Industrial Park.
About 75 to 80 people gathered in a hot, stuffy meeting room at the Fairland town hall Tuesday evening to voice their concerns about the plan. READ MORE
Commission gives unanimous approval for Shelby County ethanol plant (WTTV)
SHELBYVILLE PLAN COMMISSION VOTES IN FAVOR OF POET ETHANOL (WSVX)
IDEM to hold ethanol plant meeting this week (The Shelbyville News)