City likely to label depot site blighted

A bill passed in the Nebraska legislature last year will make it possible for old defense sites such as Sioux Army Depot to be improved with redevelopment projects.

At last week’s city council meeting Sidney took the first steps toward a substandard and blighted designation for Sioux Army Depot in order to make projects at the site eligible for this sort of project funding.

“We’ve worked with the legislature for years to get them to understand the special circumstances and the challenges that we have with a major part of our community northwest of town as a former military installat...