Sustainea, Primient pick Lafayette for $400M plant

Facility planned next to Primient’s south Lafayette site. Plus, homebuilders push back on WL parks impact fee plan. WL delays parking meter vote. First day voting has lines out the door. And more

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ELECTION UPDATES: LINES OUT THE DOOR ON FIRST DAY OF VOTING

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The line went out the door at the County Office Building, 20 N. Third St., when early voting polls opened for the first time Tuesday morning.

As of 10:30 a.m., more than 300 people had voted, even as the line remained, according to county election staff. The County Office Building voting machines are open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Candidate forum tonight: Candidates for three Tippecanoe County Council at-large seats are scheduled to meet for a League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette forum from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Lafayette Jefferson High School auditorium, 1801 S. 18^th St. Candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot for Tippecanoe County Council – the fiscal, budget-making arm of county government – include Republican incumbents John Basham, Barry Richard and Kevin Underwood; Democrats Katy Bunder, Ben Carson and Amanda Eldridge; and Libertarians Dean Bertelli, Holly Mayoras and Randy Young. The forum will be webcast by WLFI-TV18 and on radio from WJEF-91.9FM

For more about who is on Tippecanoe County ballots and where to vote – early voting started Tuesday, Oct. 8 – check this earlier edition of Based in Lafayette.

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$400M PLANT PLANNED IN LAFAYETTE, AS PRIMIENT TEAMS UP WITH SUSTAINEA

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A company looking to make a renewable, plant-based alternative to petroleum-based monoethylene glycol used in the bottle and textile mark will team with corn processor Primient on a $400 million plant on Lafayette south side, the companies announced Monday.

Sustainea and Primient plan to put the plant on ground Primient owns along Sagamore Parkway South, formerly operated by Tate & Lyle and Staley. Touted as a “co-location partnership,” the companies will use supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette to Sustainea’s first Bio-MEG plant.