What Might Have Been

The confirmation today that Colarusso has indeed purchased the 1,800 acres owned by Holcim in Hudson and Greenport calls to mind that four years ago, on January 10, 2011, Sarah Sterling, then an alderman from the First Ward, introduced a resolution authorizing the mayor, who was then Rick Scalera, to enter into negotiations with Holcim to buy the dock. At the time, Holcim was grieving the assessment on its waterfront property, claiming its actual worth was $1.5 million not $4.5 million, which was the City's assessment. The following posts recount the fate of that optimistic resolution.

January 10, 2011 Let's Buy the Dock!

January 12, 2011 Mayor Reacts to Resolution to Buy Dock

January 13, 2011 Don Moore on the Dock

January 27, 2011 Not With a Bang But a Whimper

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