Starke County Plan Commission Postpones Solar Farm Hearing to Next Week

Posted on Author Michael Gallenberger
map of the rezoning request provided by the Starke County Plan Commission

Bass Lake-area residents will have to wait until next week to weigh in on a rezoning request that would pave the way for a potential solar farm. A company called Starke Solar, LLC is asking Starke County to rezone more than 800 acres in California and North Bend townships on the south side of Bass Lake, mainly from residential to agricultural. That, in turn, would allow for the installation of solar panels.

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Winamac Looks to Solar Developer to Help Turn Abandoned Grain Elevator into Recreational Area

Posted on Author Michael Gallenberger
This structure could be torn down and replaced with expanded parkland, with potential help from a solar energy company.

Pulaski County’s proposed solar farm may have a role to play in Winamac’s revitalization efforts. Town Attorney Justin Schramm says the town had been looking to tear down an abandoned grain elevator near the intersection of Logan and Jefferson streets and possibly redevelop the site as a park facility to tie into the adjacent Panhandle Pathway.

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