MUNCIE — The town of Albany doesn’t want to be left out of a proposed aquaculture park just west of town along Ind. 67.
As a result, the town council has asked its attorney, John Brooke, to begin the legal process to annex the property into the town.
Proposed by the Delaware County Redevelopment Commission, the aquaculture park, currently in unincorporated Delaware County, would seek to attract fish farms, a fish emulsion fertilizer plant, a fish food mill and aquaculture research and development enterprises.
Phil Evans, town council president, says Albany does not want to “end up like other surrounding communities,” such as Eaton and Redkey, “that have just become bedroom communities.”
“We’ve got to make it more attractive for business to move here,” he said. “Albany has lost business. We had three tool and die shops that are no longer here. The town needs to do something to remain viable.”
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