Republic County economic development director Luke Mahin visited Marysville Monday for a housing development tour with Marshall County Partnership for Growth director Ellen Barber and Partnership president Nic Stoll.
Mahin said he noticed that Marysville has many housing issues that are similar to Belleville’s.
After the tour, Mahin had lunch with Barber, Stoll, Bulldog Apartments manager Mary Kueny and Partnership board member Rob Peschel. Mahin was joined for the tour and lunch by Kansas State University architecture student Harley Schuster, who is interning this summer with Mahin’s group.
Schuster said that during the tour she saw lots of opportunities for housing, especially rentals.
Mahin said he was impressed with Stoll’s and his father’s effort to construct rental homes in Marysville to replace vacant or rundown properties. The Stolls are currently working on their sixth housing project.
(Read more: The Marysville Advocate)