Warsaw Gets Grant To Clean Up Gatke Property
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Warsaw has been awarded $300,000 for underground storage tank removal, waste removal, lead paint abatement, asbestos removal, demolition and road construction of the former Gatke Corp. property at 2321 E. Winona Ave.
Mayor Ernie Wiggins, city planner Jeff Noffsinger and assistant planner Kristy Mehlberg met with Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan in Indianapolis Wednesday during the award presentation.
Warsaw is one of three Indiana communities to benefit from a brownfield pilot program developed by the Indiana Department of Commerce's Community Development Division.
Tell City and Michigan City also were notified of their awards yesterday.
Funded through the federal Community Development Block Grant, the program is designed to assist in a community's redevelopment and site preparation efforts.
Built in 1906, the power plant served the Winona Interurban Railway and the town of Winona Lake until 1915, when the railway filed for bankruptcy.
From 1926 through 1993 Gatke Corp. owned the property, using the power plant to manufacture friction, bearing and sheet packing products. The city plans to redevelop the property for a use compatible with the surrounding area.
In August Warsaw city council members approved a resolution to provide $25,000 as matching funds contingent upon receipt of the grant and approval of an Indiana Development Finance Authority Brownfield Remediation Loan for $175,000.
A minimum match of 10 percent of the total project cost is required from the participating community and work must be completed by the end of 2002.
Noffsinger said this morning an ordinance to apply for the loan will be presented before the council Monday.
The next step in the cleanup process would be to secure a deed to the property. Currently the county seeks title to the land.
Work at the property may begin as soon as this summer.
Infrastructure improvements - roads, curbing, sidewalks, storm sewers, sewer and water line installation - also are planned.
The improved street would link Winona Avenue and Durbin Street. [[In-content Ad]]
Warsaw has been awarded $300,000 for underground storage tank removal, waste removal, lead paint abatement, asbestos removal, demolition and road construction of the former Gatke Corp. property at 2321 E. Winona Ave.
Mayor Ernie Wiggins, city planner Jeff Noffsinger and assistant planner Kristy Mehlberg met with Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan in Indianapolis Wednesday during the award presentation.
Warsaw is one of three Indiana communities to benefit from a brownfield pilot program developed by the Indiana Department of Commerce's Community Development Division.
Tell City and Michigan City also were notified of their awards yesterday.
Funded through the federal Community Development Block Grant, the program is designed to assist in a community's redevelopment and site preparation efforts.
Built in 1906, the power plant served the Winona Interurban Railway and the town of Winona Lake until 1915, when the railway filed for bankruptcy.
From 1926 through 1993 Gatke Corp. owned the property, using the power plant to manufacture friction, bearing and sheet packing products. The city plans to redevelop the property for a use compatible with the surrounding area.
In August Warsaw city council members approved a resolution to provide $25,000 as matching funds contingent upon receipt of the grant and approval of an Indiana Development Finance Authority Brownfield Remediation Loan for $175,000.
A minimum match of 10 percent of the total project cost is required from the participating community and work must be completed by the end of 2002.
Noffsinger said this morning an ordinance to apply for the loan will be presented before the council Monday.
The next step in the cleanup process would be to secure a deed to the property. Currently the county seeks title to the land.
Work at the property may begin as soon as this summer.
Infrastructure improvements - roads, curbing, sidewalks, storm sewers, sewer and water line installation - also are planned.
The improved street would link Winona Avenue and Durbin Street. [[In-content Ad]]