(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City official is pushing harder to have a manufacturing company

relocated to further enhance the lakefront area.

 

For years, the city has been trying to acquire the Blocksom & Co. property along Trial Creek next to Blue Chip Casino.  The vision has been to develop a river walk along that site. 

 

During Tuesday night's meeting of the Michigan City Common Council, Councilman Don Pryzbylinski said the property to has greater potential than what it’s used for now and the city needs to be more aggressive in its pursuit of that property.  He said among the things the city or or the city's Redevelopment Commission should potentially consider is increasing their offer for the property.  Pryzbylinski said landscaping put in to try and conceal what many believe is an ugly building near the lakefront pales to what can really be done there if the property is acquired by the city.

 

Blocksom & Co. has been in Michigan City for at least a half century.  Among the products made there are natural fiber air filters for heating and cooling systems.