Why is the City of Huxley buying property and is that a good use of taxpayer funds?
Currently there is very little commercially zoned ground available for commercial development along Highway 69; ground zoned commercial and ground available for commercial development are two different things. Purchasing this ground allows the City to make ground available to potential commercial developers. City ownership allows us to place conditions on its use as the Council sees necessary. Community survey results indicate that citizens feel a grocery store is needed. This is an attempt to address the items stated in the survey that citizens believe area high priority. Through this purchase, the City of Huxley is attempting to make commercial ground more affordable and available for this type of development. In addition, the school district, the Council and the City’s Comprehensive Plan are all in agreement that commercial and industrial development is needed more than additional housing. This property affords the Council the ability to work with developers to bring commercial deve
