“We had all this land right along Interstate 469, between two exits, that had never been developed and became available. It’s all very, very exciting.” Groundbreaking is set for Spring 2025, with full build-out expected within five to seven years. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY New Haven benefits from city owned water and wastewater distribution, which is sourced from Fort Wayne. “We get the economies of scale on that, and we have a high quality product and plenty of capacity,” notes McMichael. “We really haven’t had to do a ton of upgrades when it comes to water and sewer, because we have the capacity allowance through our contract with Fort Wayne. If we owned our own sewer treatment plant or water filtration plant, we’d be investing millions of dollars into upgrading those.” New Haven is also well equipped when it comes to connectivity, and 157 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 03 NEW HAVEN, IN
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