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.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016