Key Test Ahead for Controversial Grain Elevator Project in St. John

By Roshaun Higgins

The Advocate

A controversial proposal to build a grain elevator in St. John the Baptist Parish faces a key test on Monday, when the planning commission takes up a zoning change that has been entangled in court disputes and community opposition to the project.

The parish has applied for the property owned by Greenfield, a grain export company, to be rezoned from residential to industrial land.

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