Richwood
August 31, 2023

Richwood looks at preparing for growth

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

With growth happening in the southern portion of Union County, officials think Richwood should prepare to be next.

Savannah Allen with Union County Economic Development told Richwood Village Council Monday evening that growth would eventually make its way north and that the village should be prepared.

“As we see some of the growth from Intel and Honda and the Columbus region, Richwood is really poised, I think, to have some of that growth offset other parts of the Columbus region,” she said. “We were looking to see if there might be interest in forming some committee to see what parts of the village we would like to see some of that residential growth …

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