TAKE ACTION.
PROTECT WETANDS AT COUNTY LINE ROAD/ARLINGTON AVENUE IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
Join your neighbors in Franklin Township by saying “Wetlands NOT Warehouses” to local officials and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on Tuesday April 9 at 5:30 PM!
What’s Happening
About 45 acres of the highest quality wetlands in Indiana are located at County Line Road and Arlington Avenue in Indianapolis. Developer Gershman Partners applied for a permit with IDEM to build warehouses where these wetlands currently exist, which will destroy them. Wetlands aren’t just crucial for wildlife but are essential for humans too! Learn more about wetlands and why they are important.
How You Can Help
Join your neighbors for a Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 5:30 pm EST at the Edgewood Intermediate School gymnasium (7620 Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46239) to share your concerns about this development with IDEM! There is a short window of opportunity to speak up and share your concerns about allowing a developer to negatively impact these wetlands irreversibly.
Can’t attend the hearing on April 9? You can still submit written comments through April 14.
Detailed information about the project:
- IDEM’s Public Notice about Public Hearing
- Maps of the location, wetlands, proposed warehouses
- Wetlands Delineation Report
Public Hearing Format:
- First, there will be an overview of the project and permit filed by the petitioner.
- Cards will be available for those attending to complete if they wish to make public comments.
- IDEM will gather all the completed cards and determine, based on the number of cards, the allotted time allowed for each individual to make public comments.
- IDEM will also have the cards in the order that individuals will provide public comments.
- The Public Hearing will commence, followed by a five-day period for written comments to be submitted.
- IDEM will not answer questions but only listen and record public comments.
- IDEM will then review these comments when determining approval or denial of the filed permit.
Looking for more information on how to prepare? Reach out to Jeni Jenkins with questions.