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June 14, 2010
CDBG Money Could Spur BioDri Into Action

In February, after receiving $3.1 million in state tax incentives, BioDri announced that it could begin operating in Blissfield as early as May.

Midway through June, the company which pledged to directly create 337 jobs in the next five years, BioDri is still technically without a home and hiring hasn’t begun.
Blissfield Village officials say that could change soon.

The development has stalled while awaiting the application for and processing of community development block grand funding through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. To qualify for a major tax break on a facility, BioDri was required to wait for the block grants to be approved before it could move into a building in Michigan.

 In February, after receiving $3.1 million in state tax incentives, BioDri announced that it could begin operating in Blissfield as early as May.

Midway through June, the company which pledged to directly create 337 jobs in the next five years, BioDri is still technically without a home and hiring hasn’t begun.
Blissfield Village officials say that could change soon.

April 12, 2010
Partners Help Village Buy Property

    Blissfield Village is now the owner of the 35-acre Home Canning property at 119 E. Jefferson St.
    After Friday’s auction, Village Council President Jae Guetschow, who was authorized by council to do the village’s bidding, said the village hoped to use the property for an industrial park.
    “Our primary interest is that we believe we are going to need more industrial park,” Guetschow said. “Especially when you consider some of the development, with BioDri and the spinoff industry, that’s coming in. I think we need to be in a position to attract those businesses here because they have nowhere else to go (in the village).”
    The village was the high bidder, at $150,000, at an onsite auction held Friday afternoon.
 

    Blissfield Village is now the owner of the 35-acre Home Canning property at 119 E. Jefferson St.
    After Friday’s auction, Village Council President Jae Guetschow, who was authorized by council to do the village’s bidding, said the village hoped to use the property for an industrial park.