The
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has submitted to the Reno City Council (Council)
a proposal to zone 104 acres of the Main Station Field Laboratory (MSFL) light
industrial, in preparation for commercial sale. UNR and the Board of Regents
(Regents) are pushing through with this proposal in spite of overwhelming
opposition and ongoing concern about food security, due diligence, and the safety
and cost issues associated with flood water storage capacity. Homeowners,
businesses, planners, government agencies, farmers, ranchers, local food and
business advocates, UNR students and the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology
and Natural Resources Advisory Board (CABNR) have been and continue to be in
opposition to this proposal.
On March 27, 2013 the Council will again consider the UNR proposal. Go to the end of this post to RSVP for the meeting to show your support and help us demonstrate to the Council the level of community opposition to the proposal.
Here is what the Coalition to Preserve the UNR Farmland and
Floodplain (Coalition) wants you to know about this issue.
