Bob Rolfe said he was grateful when Gov. Bill Lee kept him in his position as Tennessee’s Economic and Community Development Commissioner – and he remains committed to bringing industry to the Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County.
Rolfe, who presented his first update on the Megasite since August 2018, at the Southwest Tennessee Development District in Jackson, Wednesday, said additional housekeeping matters remain at the 3,840 acre site.
“Today, we brought the Industrial Development Authority up to date on what we are doing at the state,” Rolfe said, “Of course, the next path is for the Attorney General’s office to pursue eminent domain – a process for the approximately 25 families who have chosen not to sign the easement – so we are going to move forward with the Attorney Generals efforts to hopefully allow us to (clear) the last remaining hurdle to start the construction of the pipeline for wastewater treatment.”
About 36.4 miles of pipeline would follow Highway 59 to the Mississippi River, where 219 total properties are owned by 75 to 100 people.
A resolution at Wednesday’s meeting was approved for the Memphis Regional Megasite Authority found it necessary to exercise eminent domain to acquire easements from the remaining landowners for the Force Main Waste Water easements necessary for the development, improvement, maintaining and equipping of the site.
Rolfe said the search for a tenant is global.
“We want to find tenants that provide really good paying jobs,” Rolfe said, “We could find a tenant – but we want to bring very, very good family wage paying jobs.”
(PHOTO: Bob Rolfe, Tennessee’s Economic and Community Development Commissioner, updates the Southwest Tennessee Development District on the Megasite)
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