{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/article/river-ridge-takes-control-of-last-parcel-from-us-army", "River Ridge takes control of last parcel from U.S. Army", "2016-09-30", "2016", "2016-09", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "River Ridge takes control of last parcel from U.S. Army\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Marty Finley\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Friday, September 30, 2016\r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            The River Ridge Development Authority now has full control of the 6,000-acre business park in Southern Indiana.\r\nThe U.S. Army has transferred ownership of the final pieces of land at\u00a0River Ridge Commerce Center\u00a0to the authority, which owns and manages the massive park that runs along Ind. 62 in Jeffersonville north to Charlestown.\r\nThe River Ridge Development Authority now has full control of the 6,000-acre business\u2026\u00a0more\r\nRIVER RIDGE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY\r\nBefore being set aside for redevelopment, the site was home to the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant.\r\nThe transfer, announced today, was for a little more than 293 acres, said River Ridge executive director\u00a0Jerry Acy.\r\nThe turnover of ownership has been years in the making as Indiana lawmakers intervened on behalf of River Ridge to get the land transferred for economic development. Much of the legal wrangling centered around operation of the landfill inside the park, which also was transferred by the Army to the River Ridge Development Authority.\r\n\u201cRiver Ridge is an example of how we can improve our economy when we focus on solving problems by working together,\" U.S. Sen.\u00a0Joe Donnelly\u00a0said in a statement about the transfer.\r\nDonnelly described River Ridge as a \"hub of economic growth that will continue to bring more jobs and opportunities for hardworking Hoosier families in Southern Indiana.\u201d\r\nAcy said in a statement that Donnelly and other state lawmakers played a crucial role in the transfer by helping solve the legal issues tied to the land.\r\n\"Those issues were delaying the transfer of some very prime developable property near the new I-265 interchange and potentially could have also delayed this last conveyance,\" Acy said in the statement. \"It was critical for River Ridge to obtain ownership of all those parcels in order to continue our path of new developments and job creation for our region.\u201d\r\nToday's announcement follows the\u00a0transfer of more than 800 acres\u00a0by the Army to River Ridge about a year ago. To date, about 1,000 acres have been sold for development at River Ridge, Acy said.\r\n\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/article/river-ridge-takes-control-of-last-parcel-from-us-army"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7007129024714231, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}