"The project in Wallace was at the center of a local fight to preserve surrounding area’s historic treasures from further industrial development"
"Blaming “wealthy plantation owners” and outside “special interest groups,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry decried the abrupt decision late Tuesday to cancel a massive grain elevator proposed for a small predominantly Black community along the Mississippi River fighting to preserve its history and landmarks.
Owners of one of the nearby plantations, Jo and Joy Banner, are Black community advocates who fought the grain elevator. A second plantation near the footprint is the Whitney Plantation, run by a nonprofit organization to highlight the history of slavery in the area.
The grain export facility would have towered nearly 275 feet in the air within 300 feet of homes in St. John the Baptist Parish, sending grain delivered primarily by barge onto ocean-going ships.
Officials with Greenfield Louisiana LLC said the company is halting plans to build the proposed $800 million facility because of delays in getting the necessary permit approvals from the U.S. Corps of Engineers — which the company accused of being swayed by special interests. The Corps had previously found the project would have adversely impacted some historic properties in the surrounding area."
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