The latest plans to redevelop the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant into a massive new industrial business center survived a challenge this week from one Johnson County leader critical of a major tax incentive component of the project. The vote by a majority of the Board of County Commissioners on Thursday to support the project effectively clears the path for a series of construction and tax incentive plans to advance this spring, which officials hope will bring the first substantial construction at the contaminated former U.S. Army site since it made rocket propellant during the war in Vietnam. The new plans, led by the city of De Soto and the Sunflower Redevelopment company, envision bringing 10 million square feet of new industrial and light manufacturing space to thousands of acres on the site that are poised to receive their final environmental cleanup certifications this year.
Source: KC Star Local News
