Wellington City Council unanimously approves biofuel plant’s request to rezone property at U.S. 160 and Seneca for $100 million facility

By a 6-0 vote tonight, the Wellington City Council passed an ordinance rezoning property located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of U.S. 160 Highway and Seneca Road that could pave the way for a new biofuel plant in Sumner County. The 145-acre tract has been rezoned from HCP – Planned Highway Commercial to heavy industrial, I2. This was a huge victory for those hoping to build a biofuel plant on the property.

The zoning change comes on the request of VERBIO North America which is proposing to build a renewable natural gas production facility on a tract of land currently owned by Charter Equities II, a company of local investors. Greg Northrup, President/CEO of VNA North America, has previously said the proposed methane-only plant will be the first of its kind in North America.

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