WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission initiated the acquisition process of properties on Market and Center Streets for construction of a senior living facility Monday afternoon, Feb. 3. The commission passed a resolution and several appraisals to initiate the acquisition process of properties at 800 and 802 East Center Street; and 805 East Market Street. …read more.

WARSAW – The City Redevelopment Commission on Monday, Jan. 6, approved a purchase agreement for a property at the northwest corner of Fort Wayne and Indiana Streets where officials would like to eventually construct a new garage for the Parks and Recreation Department. The city redevelopment commission voted to buy the property at 123 E. …read more.

City Plan Director Jeremy Skinner (L) talks with members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission (from left) Tim Meyer, Rick Snodgrass and Jeff Grose. InkFreeNews photo by Dan Spalding. WARSAW — Two residential TIF district proposals took the first step toward eventual approval Monday when the redevelopment commission passed a resolution supporting the plan. Creation of …read more.

WARSAW — Plans to repave and construct new sidewalks along North Pointe Drive on the city’s north side are moving along. The city received state grant money that will cover half of the cost of reconstructing the road between Husky Trail and Mariners Drive. The city will cover the cost of constructing a sidewalk along …read more.

WARSAW — South McKinley Street is certainly not a thoroughfare, but rather an important side street that connects a bike path between Winona Avenue and Market Street on the eastern side of the city that abuts the town of Winona Lake. In a 15-minute span late Monday afternoon, May 6, numerous pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists …read more.

WARSAW — Plans to redevelop the old Gatke property into a multi-use facility have fallen through, according to a Warsaw city official. The city had been working with a firm that was attempting to line up tenants for the massive, vacant brick structure along McKinley Street, but Plan Director Jeremy Skinner told the city redevelopment …read more.

WARSAW — A purchase agreement for the abandoned gas station located at 443 N. Detroit St., was approved during the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission held on Monday, Feb. 4. The agreement comes with a purchase price of $152,500, which was the average of the two appraisals the city received. The city also received a phase 1 …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission discussed a purchase order for the property at 443 N. Detroit St., Warsaw, which most recently was a gas station, during the meeting held last night, Jan. 7. The property has sat vacant for around eight months.  The proposed purchase order states that the city needs the property for an …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission heard updates on multiple projects that have been in years in the making during the meeting held yesterday, Dec. 3. The Gatke project continues to move forward. The commissioners were presented with an updated economic development agreement with Michael Kinder & Sons, Fort Wayne, to review. The agreement, which is not yet …read more.

WARSAW — The majority of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission held yesterday, Nov. 5, was spent discussing TIF districts. Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner presented a public hearing on the impact TIF districts have in Warsaw. He explained that Tax Increment Financing districts are created as a means to finance economic development projects by capturing the tax increment …read more.

  WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission made progress towards combining the northern and eastern TIF districts during the meeting held Monday, Sept. 10. Randy Rompola, Umbaugh & Associates, was present to introduce two resolutions related to the process. The first resolution 2018-09-01 is a declaratory resolution. The proposed resolution expands the northern TIF district to …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission discussed a sanitary sewer study agreement and an economic development agreement for the Gatke property during the meeting held Monday, Aug. 13. The sanitary sewer study agreement is through Wessler Engineering. They will evaluate the feasibility of providing sanitary sewer to the area north of the recent Airport Industrial Park …read more.

Assistant City Planner Justin Taylor shows the current plans for Rotary Park. WARSAW — After not receiving grant funds last year, the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission continues to look for ways to develop a senior housing project. City Planner Jeremy Skinner presented a new resolution and possible funding solution during the meeting held yesterday, July 2. …read more.

WARSAW — Despite holding a short meeting yesterday, Feb. 5, the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission has a busy year ahead of them with three major projects in sight. Utility work concerning the Buffalo Street project will begin in the next few weeks. The commission approved a final easement for gas facilities to NIPSCO. This easement will …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission started 2018 out with a short meeting consisting of annual tasks yesterday, Jan. 8. Warsaw Mayor Joseph Thallemer was present to give the oaths of office to all six board members. Each member recited the annual oath with no changes in the board. Jeremy Mullins, the non-voting school representative, …read more.

    WARSAW — Progress may soon be made with the Gatke Property in Warsaw which has been abandoned since 1992. A memorandum of understanding was approved with Michael Kinder & Sons during the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission meeting held on Monday, Nov. 6. The contract grants a six-month time period in which MKS will work …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission is revisiting the possibility of a senior housing project on Market Street. The project was discussed during the monthly meeting held on Monday, Oct. 2. The project was originally proposed as one of the Stellar Community projects. Even though Warsaw did not receive stellar designation, the identified projects are …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission approved the reinvestment of funds at the Sept. 11 meeting. Roughly two years ago, $2 million of allocated Northern TIF funds were invested into CDs. One of those CDs, worth $1 million, will mature on Sept. 18 and the other on Dec. 18. City Planner Jeremy Skinner brought before …read more.

WARSAW — David Taylor, a member of the Lakeland Art Association, was present at Warsaw Redevelopment’s meeting Monday, Dec. 5, to introduce the idea of a city art museum. Taylor came forward before the board to discuss the idea of using the former City Hall, 302 E. Market Street, as a location for a city art …read more.

WARSAW — Pike Lumber was given the go ahead to document the current conditions of the wooded area within the Tech Park area by members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission. The request was approved Tuesday afternoon during its monthly meeting.

WARSAW — It was a brief meeting for members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Monday, Aug. 1. The month’s meeting consisted of approval of claims and two ordinances transferring funds from two tax increment financing districts.

WARSAW — Budgets for the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission’s general fund and the areas overseen by the commission were approved Tuesday afternoon, July 5.

WARSAW — Preliminary budget figures on the six Tax Increment Finance districts within Warsaw were presented to the members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission, Monday afternoon, June 6. No action was necessary, however action will be addressed at the July 5 meeting.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission is working with Kosciusko County Habitat for Humanity to purchase five lots on Market Street. The empty lots had originally been donated for the organization to build on, however, the commission felt that was not the right use for that land, so they approached Habitat about purchasing the land …read more.

WARSAW — While the main order of business was the swearing in of members on the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission and election of officers, the majority of the meeting was a look into projects for 2016. Jeremy Skinner, city planner, announced the Buffalo Street project would be the big project in 2016. The engineering study is …read more.

WARSAW — The final meeting of the year was held at noon today, Monday, Dec. 7, for the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission. “We’ve had a great year, and got an awful lot done. I’m proud of the work we’ve had done,” stated Rick Snodgrass, commission vice president. Jeremy Skinner, city planner noted the amount of work …read more.

WARSAW — Documents relating to the issuance of $850,000 WInona PVD Bonds were signed by Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Monday afternoon, Nov. 2. The documents included the Economic Development Memorandum of Understanding, taxpayer agreement, bond purchase agreement and underwriter and/or placement agent engagement letter and deemed final certificate for offering circular.

WARSAW — The regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Nov. 2, of the Warsaw Common Council, will have a start time change and the Nov. 6 meeting of the Warsaw Board of Works has been moved to Monday morning. The board of works meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, followed by the regularly …read more.

WARSAW — The city council chamber was somber at noon Monday, Oct. 5, for the monthly Warsaw Redevelopment Commission meeting. Pre-meeting conversation was almost non-existant, except to reflect among each other about the missing board member. When the meeting started, the seat of president remained vacant and his name plate was missing.

WARSAW — Resolutions to proceed with Winona PVD Phase 3 Tax Increment Financing Incentive was passed unanimously by members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 8. Fred Fribley, Winona PVD President; and Kirk Sobecki, chief financial officer, presented information about the growing business. Fribley stated their competitor, a company in China, has been …read more.

Today the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission passed Resolution 2015-04-03 at a special meeting. The resolution would authorize the city to execute a lease for the Warsaw Central Development Area – the TIF District that encompasses parts of Buffalo Street, Canal Street and Fort Wayne Street. The terms of the lease are not to exceed 25 years and …read more.

The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission will host a special meeting at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 20. The meeting will be held in the city council chambers. The special meeting will be to take action on Resolution 2015-04-03. This resolution authorizes the execution of a lease between the redevelopment commission and the newly formed Warsaw Redevelopment Authority.

Resolutions relating to potential issuance of bonds for the Buffalo Street project were approved by members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission today at noon. The first resolution established the commission’s intent to reimburse certain preliminary costs from the proceeds of bonds. The second approved a proposed form of lease for local public improvements and set …read more.

“It is important to me to have individuals serve who are willing and dedicated,” stated Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer after swearing in the six members of the City of Warsaw Redevelopment Commission. “All of you are returning and have the best interest of the city (in mind). You have made tremendous progress.” Thallemer swore in …read more.

The Central Redevelopment Buffalo Street Project was distributed to members of the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission earlier in the week by Jeremy Skinner, city planner. Skinner advised the commission noted the latest document provides a description of what all the project entails to help begin stages of the project and a property acquisition list. Commission members …read more.

In this modern, hyper-connected internet age we now live in, quality internet service is of the utmost importance. Every second of every single day, terabyte upon terabyte of data is transferred from server to server all over the world – streaming videos, Facebook updates, checking email, and so much more. This is a brave new …read more.

“After reviewing the Indiana Code and discussing the district with the [Warsaw Redevelopment] Commission, I am providing you with a resolution that will allow the city to create a Riverfront District,” said City Planner Jeremy Skinner’s memo regarding a Riverfront Development District in Warsaw. The proposed district would run along Buffalo Street from Center Street …read more.

At the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission meeting on Monday, Oct. 6, the commission approved an agreement between WRC and Warsaw Fiber. The agreement outlines the terms of a fiber optic build project in parts of downtown Warsaw. WRC agrees to pay 60 percent of the customer financed portion of build-out cost. Warsaw Fiber will be required …read more.

After nearly an hour of discussion, the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission, by a 5-0 vote, approved the $2 million purchase of 91.6 acres of land for the Warsaw Technology Park. Warsaw Planner Jeremy Skinner told the WRC at today’s meeting that negotiations on the land at the north side of U.S. 30 from CR 150 West …read more.

Production in an expanded Winona PVD Coatings LLC is set to be underway by January 2014. The Warsaw Redevelopment Commission was presented with a resolution today amending the company’s original request to utilize $2.2 million in bonds from the city’s Northern Economic Development Area. When Winona PVD Coatings first approached the city with the request …read more.

Warsaw city offices are expected to begin moving into the new city hall on Nov. 29-30. The announcement was made at today’s Warsaw Redevelopment Commission’s regular monthly meeting. City planner Jeremy Skinner provided an update on the renovations noting that the second floor is nearly completed with the exception of cabinetry. “The cabinet maker has …read more.

Though it was not on today’s agenda, the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission briefly discussed the Gatke building and what is being done to rid the city of the eyesore. At the last meeting of the WRC, Mark Dobson of the Warsaw-Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce and Kellie Malcom of Malcom Associates, said an ad hoc committee has …read more.