A proposed subdivision could add as many as 600 to 700 people to this growing Saunders County community of 2,700.
Ashland is reviewing plans for a 232-unit housing development and commercial business corridor along Nebraska Highway 66 near U.S. Highway 6 between Omaha and Lincoln.
Lincoln developers have filed paperwork with City Hall to build 212 single-family homes and 20 town houses. The properties would be priced between $175,000 and $250,000.
Plans include a mix of retail strip malls or professional offices fronting the state highway. The developers said they would ask Ashland to annex their 90-acre parcel, which is currently outside city limits but falls within the city's zoning jurisdiction.
Jeez, it seems like hardly anyone on this board supports the health of any other city surrounding Omaha. Ha. Ashland potentially gets some new homes and the reaction is to flood it...
I think this is good for Ashland. There is a lot of potential in that town to become a cool suburb or satelite city. They seem to take a lot of pride in their town. They got rid of that scrap metal yard, they've completely rehabed this historical 1930s-ish service station along Highway 6 from an eye sore to something that looks a museum piece (that might be pushing it), they have a nice little downtown, and they're pro-progress. I think this'll be a great little hub for people where one spouse/partner/whatever works in Lincoln and the other in Omaha.
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Jeez, it seems like hardly anyone on this board supports the health of any other city surrounding Omaha. Ha. Ashland potentially gets some new homes and the reaction is to flood it....
I think that Ashland is on the brink of greatness, if it was on the edge of a HUGE new lake. I have nothing against Ashland, I just think for a few 100 people's pain, the other 1,000,000 people in the area could enjoy an awesome lake. Give those people some free land on the lakefront and buy their old house.
All the new houses they are talking about building could be worth a lot more if they were on a lake.
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Jeez, it seems like hardly anyone on this board supports the health of any other city surrounding Omaha. Ha. Ashland potentially gets some new homes and the reaction is to flood it....
I think that Ashland is on the brink of greatness, if it was on the edge of a HUGE new lake. I have nothing against Ashland, I just think for a few 100 people's pain, the other 1,000,000 people in the area could enjoy an awesome lake. Give those people some free land on the lakefront and buy their old house.
All the new houses they are talking about building could be worth a lot more if they were on a lake.
The problem with your theory about Ashland being on the edge of a HUGE lake with the lake that was proposed is that the only edge that Ashland would be on is the BOTTOM. This lake as propose would displace way more than a few 100 people. My property on the west side of Gretna would be within 1/2 mile of lakefront if I remember the maps correctly.
But Brown acknowledges the hurdles. In her concept, the lake covers the city of Ashland. And people whose homes might be covered in water have already said they oppose the idea.
Her conceptual drawing calls for a lake that makes Branched Oak look like a puddle. The lake might be 25 miles long, with 145 miles of shoreline, 80 square miles of water and 1.25 million people within a half-hour driving distance. It would draw recreational dollars and attract industries with good jobs, Brown said.
Lincoln Journal Star wrote:Trashland, the unofficial name of a longstanding eyesore on the edge of Ashland, is no more. Workers on Wednesday were almost finished cleaning up Ashland Salvage, a junkyard owned by Arlo Remmen on the edge of Ashland. “Today it should be completely done,” said City Administrator Scott Voichoskie. “Everything is removed.” Ashland officials say the junkyard has been a blight on the community for years. Armed with a court order, they began cleanup operations Jan. 26. The city and the state Department of Environmental Quality are seeking $25 million — the maximum allowable by law —from Remmen for hundreds of alleged violations dating back to 2003.
Voichoskie estimates the city spent about $70,700 on the cleanup. $10,000 to haul away hazardous materials for safe disposal. $14,000 to remove around 150 tons of scrap tires. He estimates that workers hauled away 210 tons of trash from the site to a landfill.
