CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON A NEW THREE MILLION DOLLAR GRAIN ELEVATOR IN ANTHON, IOWA.
PLATINUM GRAIN IS BUILDING THE FACILITY AND COMPANY SPOKESMAN NICK BOWDISH SAYS IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST:
PLATINUM HAS ALREADY PUT OUT CORN BIDS AND IS PURCHASING GRAIN FROM AREA FARMERS IN A 30 MILE RADIUS OF ANTHON FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER DELIVERY. BOWDISH SAYS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CAPACITY FOR THE FALL CORN HARVEST:
THE PROJECT WAS HELPED BY WOODBURY COUNTY SUPERVISORS APPROVING THE FIRST TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY.
COUNTY OFFICIALS AND PLATINUM GRAIN SIGNED A TEN YEAR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TUESDAY MORNING.
WOODBURY COUNTY RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ROB MARQUSEE SAYS THE COUNTY'S PLATINUM GRAIN DEVELOPMENT DEAL WILL BE GREAT FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE BUSINESS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTY HAS CREATED A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT. MARQUSEE SAYS PLATINUM GRAIN WILL HAVE A MINIMUM TAX ASSESSMENT OF A MILLION, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE TEN YEAR DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE TAX REBATES ARE CAPPED AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THREE PHASES OF THE PROJECT. ARQUSEE SAYS THE COUNTY COULD CREATE OTHER TIF DISTRICTS TO HELP ATTRACT OTHER COMPANIES TO BUILD HERE:
MARQUSEE THANKED ANTHON AND AREA FARMERS FOR SUPPORTING THE PLATINUM GRAIN PROJECT. HE SAYS THE ELEVATOR WILL ALSO BRING MORE LOCAL SALES TO ANTHON AS FARMERS COME TO TOWN TO DELIVER CORN.
WITH LAST YEAR'S FLOOD AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION, THE SIOUXLAND FOOD BANK HAS BEEN PUT TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING FOOD FOR NEEDY SIOUXLANDERS. FOOD BANK DIRECTOR LINDA SCHEID SAYS THE ORGANIZATION NEEDS HELP:
SCHEID SAYS THAT WHILE DONATIONS OF ANY TYPE ARE APPRECIATED, CASH IS MANY TIMES THE BEST KIND OF DONATION:
THIS SATURDAY OFFERS ANOTHER WAY TO DONATE FOOD TO THE FOOD BANK:
SCHEID RECOMMENDS CANNED OR BOXED GOODS FOR THE SATURDAY PICKUP AND ADDS THAT GLASS ITEMS CANNOT BE PICKED UP. LAST YEAR'S DRIVE RESULTED IN 16 THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD.
MANY STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF SIOUX CITY WILL BE BLOCKED OFF THIS SUNDAY MORNING.
THAT'S SO SIOUXLAND RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE. THE EVENT IS A BENEFIT FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
BIRGIT FLOM IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND SPOKESWOMAN FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT:
FLOM EXPECTS AROUND 3800 PARTICIPANTS TO WALK OR RUN IN THE EVENT. THE GENERAL RACE AREA EXTENDS NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN GORDON DRIVE AND 5TH STREET, AND THEN EAST AND WEST FROM WESLEY WAY TO IOWA STREET.
TRAFFIC DETOURS WILL BE POSTED THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA SUNDAY MORNING.
