The Mayor of Emerson feels it was a good deal for the town to purchase a piece of farmland in the northeast corner of the community. Wayne Arseny tells us the property, which is inside the dike, will be turned into a housing development with twenty lots available.



Arseny is hopeful development on the new lots will take place in the near future, noting people considering building a new home want to build next to other new homes. He says there are several new properties in that area of town.

Before that can happen though, the town needs to install a new lift station in that area plus build the streets to connect it to the rest of the community. As for whether the new development will see only single family homes, multi-family, or a combination Arseny says it fairly common practice now to see a mix and believes the same thing could happen in Emerson.


~ Monday, July 12th 2010 ~