City moves forward on South Town Addition

HURON Ten residential lots were platted and first reading of an ordinance to rezone other lots from one-family residential to one- and two-family and townhouse residential came Monday as the City Commission continues to move forward on the South Town Addition.

Greater Huron Development Corporation is working to market the commercial lots. Interest has been shown in purchasing individual lots in the development, which is south of Coborns and east of Highway 37.

An auction is being planned to sell residential lots soon, so that construction could get under way in the spring.

An inner area of the development is being left unplatted for now as there is interest in perhaps creating a park.

Rezoning of the lots to one- and two-family and townhouse residential is being done for flexibility in marketing.

Iverson Motors is constructing a new dealership along the highway this year.

Meanwhile, GHDC Executive Vice President Barry Cranston said now that the state has awarded $125,000 to Huron for its workforce development initiative, the next step is to hire someone to administer the plan.

The local match for the grant funds needs to be in place by the end of March.

The state grant is for one year only, so it may be necessary, with just a one-year commitment, to contract out the administrators position.

While a second round of state grant funding is not likely at this point, GHDC Chief Executive Officer Jim Borszich said the state will be monitoring how successful Huron is in implementing its plan because it can be repeated elsewhere.

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City moves forward on South Town Addition