Reorganization – a good thing or bad?

The vote you cast this election regarding Reorganization will be historic. It is historic in that it is the first time in Indiana that citizens have voted to eliminate some government entities and combine for future efficiencies.
With Reorganization, the position of Township Trustee for both Eagle and Union townships will be abolished as will the [...]

Comprehensive Plan Meetings

The Boone County Area Plan Commission and the Boone County Economic Development Corporation are holding the second round of interactive public workshops in planning for county-wide future growth and development. The purpose of the workshops is to develop a common vision of Boone County’s future and start developing the major goals and objectives that will [...]

Union Township Development

There will be a meeting of the Boone County Area Plan Commission on Wednesday, September 5th, at the 4-H Grounds Community Building, in Lebanon, at 7 PM. The Agenda includes the golf practice center on 421, south of CR 200 South and the proposed development at CR 300 South (146th Street) and 421; formerly Woods [...]

Comprehensive Plan Meetings

Please, PLEASE do attend the Boone County Comprehensive Plan workshop this next Monday evening, August 13th, at 6:30PM at the Zionsville High School. Your ideas and input are so important.As an elected official, it is so frustrating to only see public participation that seems to be negative or NIMBY when developments or land use changes [...]

Boone County Comprehensive Plan

Below are the dates and times for Public Input meetings for the update of the Boone County Comprehensive Plan. Your input is crucial to planning what Boone should look like 20 years from now.
Monday, August 6th @ 6:30-9pm Lebanon High School Room B14Tuesday, August 7th @ 6:30-9pm Western Boone High School cafeteriaMonday, [...]

Ten Rules of Land Use

1. Never assume that undeveloped land in your neighborhood will always remain so. Unless you own it, count on something else being built there.2. Water runs downhill. Unless you live at the top you will probably experience stormwater runoff problems.
3. The winter sun rises low in the sky. If you must live [...]

Union Crossing – 300 South & US 421

Sorry for the short notice, but there is a meeting at Union Elementary at 6:30 pm on April 24th (tomorrow) on the proposed development at the current Woods Edge. As you may know, both 300 South (east of the intersection) and US 421 are scheduled for widening in the future.
This meeting will be the [...]

Area Plan Commission – Golf Driving Range on 421

The Boone County APC will consider rezoning the property on the east side of US 421 just south of 200 South, from Agriculture to General Business. This request is to accommodate a golf driving range now, and would probably allow anything from a billiard hall to a tavern, which are allowed General Business uses [...]

IMPORTANT Planning Session

May 1st, a Tuesday, will feature a workshop on the Nitty Gritty of Planning. The workshop will be at the Boone County Fairgrounds from 9am to 3pm (registration at 8:30AM). This is a MUST ATTEND workshop for residents who are concerned about local issues and county planning in general.The workshop will be led [...]

200 South Development — Caito/Producers Realty

It is OFFICIAL! Commissioners Lewis and Cooper voted for the zoning change and Commissioner Eaton voted against. The major concern was the zoning designation of R3, and the commissioners requested that the minutes show and a letter be written to the APC detailing the exceptional conditions surrounding this change.
The net result is that it [...]