By Joseph Slacian
About 50 people were on hand Thursday night for the first Evening With the Mayor hosted by Mayor Scott Long.
Long and Keith Gillenwater, Grow Wabash County CEO, discussed a variety of issues facing the City of Wabash, including roadwork on South Wabash and Alber streets, the city’s stormwater sewer separation program, development along Wedcor Avenue and the recent mission trip to Japan and China.
The majority of time during the 90-minute program was spent answering questions posed by those in attendance.
Questions broached included the fate of the former GenCorp Automotive property, the proposed railroad overpass on East Street and what will happen to the ground that now houses the old Parkview Wabash Hospital.
Long, in answer to the GenCorp question, said the city is currently working with a Fort Wayne-based real estate attorney to negotiate a contract with a firm seeking to develop the site.
As for the overpass, the mayor said he has yet to meet with the engineering firm selected by the Indiana Department of Transportation to discuss the matter. However, the firm has requested copies of an engineering study already performed by the city. He expected that meeting with the INDOT-selected firm to take place sometime this fall.
For full details, see the Feb. 27 issue of The Paper of Wabash County.
