State: Wisconsin
Development Project: FoxConn Manufacturing Plant
What’s happened to the property in the FoxConn path?
- most property owners have not entered into negotiations
- blight designations were prescribed by the Mount Pleasant Community Development Authority
4 Requirements for Blight Designation in Wisconsin
- property cannot be owner occuppied
- property cannot be occuppied by the owner spouse
- property cannot be occuppied by an individual related to the owner by blood, marriage, or adoption within the 4th degree of kinship
- crime rate in, on, or adjacent to the property is at least 3 times the crime rate in the remainder of the municipality in which the property is located.
Opponent Response: If board members vote for blight, then they should resign