An industrial agricultural company abruptly cancelled an $800 million grain terminal in a historic Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley after facing stiff local opposition and permitting delays.
Lynda Van Davis, Greenfield’s counsel and head of external affairs, announces that the company is “ceasing all plans” to build a grain export facility in the historic Black community of Wallace, La., in St. John the Baptist Parish, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
On its website, Greenfield features testimony from a range of parish residents pledging their support for the facility and the economic growth they believed it would bring. But Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs Specialist Matt Roe disputed Greenfield’s framing in an emailed statement. The Corps has found the project would adversely impact historic sites. Greenfield had said it would take steps to preserve any historical sites or artifacts found during construction.Governor Jeff Landry pinned the blame on the Army Corps of Engineers for bringing “additional delays” by listening to “special interest groups and wealthy plantation owners instead of hardworking Louisianans.”
Whitney Plantation Executive Director Ashley Rogers oversees a nearby National Register Historic District which draws 80,000 visitors a year from around the world. The area surrounding the proposed grain terminal site offers two centuries of well-documented history and culture containing “huge potential” for the community to capitalize on, she added.
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