Six different regional entities, through an interlocal agreement, are voting on a proposed regional business park in Georgetown.
“They’re really pushing to get all of the entities to vote within the next week,” said Erin Hsu, a Scott County resident.
With the plan set to impact Scott County, Madison County and Fayette County, Hsu, part of a Facebook Group called Friends of Great Crossing, is opposed to the idea.
The proposed site for the park is on a 500-acre parcel of agricultural land off McClelland Circle.
“As a working mom with young kids in the schools, it seems like a waste to take a 500-acre piece of property right in the middle of a school corridor and make it into an industrial park,” Hsu added.
Hsu said there’s more of a need for family and recreational activities in the area.
“What about the 1,400 jobs that could be here if we do this, that would pay an average of $70,000 dollars a year?” Scott County Executive Joe Pat Covington said.
That was Covington after the Fiscal Court approved the interlocal agreement on Oct. 11.