Blood from a turnip

In the last town workshop they discussed a whole peck of issues, but one NOT on the agenda was interesting.

A local developer has been working on a project for three years. When he got the original PCD (planned commercial development) from the city part of it was in response to local complaints. They were worried how it would look and they requested a berm. This raised area with trees and bushes and even fence would cut down on the harsh commercial view from a residential area.

Three years on and no berm...but there are a lot of factors. Council member Johns requested that the town might call in the developers letter of credit to construct this. The locals already had petition going. Kevin Rigsby said that the letter of credit likely would not cover the construction and in his talk he stated the following. The developer said that trying to force him to because it was a PCD but it would be like "getting blood from a turnip" as the developer said.

Just looking around town there are many housing developments and other projects on hold. Behind Kroger's on south Lowry is a whole torn up area, plus across from Nissan, and even a giant empty area down Rocky Fork road are just a few areas that have fallen behind in finishing.