Eminent domain may be used to acquire land for Foxconn from holdouts

MOUNT PLEASANT – The Village of Mount Pleasant has taken the first step in a process that could give it eminent-domain authority to acquire land from holdouts in the Foxconn development area.

The move could see the village declare the entire 2,900-acre designated Foxconn area — the great majority of it now open farmland — to be a blighted area under state law, but not in the commonly understood meaning of blight.

Rather, the village would use a section of state law that broadly defines blighted areas within a redevelopment zone...

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Ken Notes: This at the very least will take time and money and you could loose. SIT DOWN with the owners and get to a fair settlement ASAP. Fund development not lawyers...