LOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Work is underway to get a 237-acre site in the Lowell area shovel-ready for a new industrial park.
For three decades, municipal leaders have hoped to develop the site at 4687 Alden Nash Ave. near I-96 in the southern part of Lowell Township as part of their master plan. They wanted to bring commercial and industrial businesses to the already-named Covenant Business Park.
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But Lowell Township Supervisor Jerry Hale explained the work needed to get the site shovel-ready stood in the way.
“This site has sat here for all that time because of the lack of infrastructure, utilities, sewer and water, mainly,” he said.
The township partnered with regional economic development agency The Right Place, Inc., and developer Franklin Partners to finally start moving dirt.