Save The Road ! - 'It's our community'

Save The Road! is a grass-roots effort dedicated to saving Davis Road [formerly known as CR 100S] and Meridian Road in Greenfield and Hancock County Indiana. Eli Lilly has voiced intent to close nearly 4 miles of these roads. A public hearing was held on the matter on June 3, 2003 and the County Commissioners approved the measure on June 9, 2003.

We are currently pursuing means to keep these roads in the hands of the tax payers who rightfully own their destiny. Several logistical pre-trial meetings have been held since December 11, 2003. And the judge has set the trial date for October. Having now proven themselves a liability to the Republican party status quo, the rueful and rude County Commissioner incumbents successfully braved the primary elections gauntlet and came out swinging, apparently ready for more come November. You can get our latest news right to your desktop with our new feed.

Visit our ACTION page to learn more about what you can do to mitigate Lilly's inherent self-interests. The ISSUE page contains more information about the proposed closures and its impact on our community. Our OPINION section contains comments the community has been kind enough to share with us. And our ARCHIVE contains "older" news & updates and other relevant documents.

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More updates will follow shortly, please visit this site frequently for the latest news and tools to help save these valuable community assets. As you may have encountered, in our attempts to provide this timely work-in-progress we often find changes and fixes to implement. To ensure you can view the most recent content start fresh by closing all browser windows before each visit.

Our gratitude goes to community members who have supported this cause and our efforts to advance it. We are proud to be part of this vibrant community.

For more information or to learn more about how you can help Save The Road! please email us:

info@savetheroad.com

In the News

Lilly's lost values
Not only are jobs vanishing at Lilly, it now appears their values are too. In a close examination of Lilly's new web site, it appears the values to which they once ascribed no longer exist. 04/05/2004

Lilly Greenfield jobs vanishing
In an unprecedented analysis of Lilly's employment reports spanning over 14 years of proclamations, we've learned that trends are hard to break. Nearly a year later, with the most recent reports, we look once again at the touted employment figures for Lilly's Greenfield Laboratories. You can do the math - it's not fuzzy logic... 04/02/04

Lawyer's Paradise
Well now, looks like the Commissioner have their hands so full of litigation that their having to make special executive sessions [read: closed door] just to keep up with it all. At least Lilly's covering for the County on the road case. As for the threatened legal action, we swear it wasn't us this time...As listed in the DR govt. calendar of 3.27.04: 10 a.m. - Hancock County Commissioners, executive session to discuss initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, Commissioners' Courtroom, County Courthouse.
www.greenfieldreporter.com

Great turnout at Plan meeting
The Comprehensive Plan meeting on 3-3-04 was filled with residents concerned about The Roads. Evidently, The Roads are an important subject among community members even though they were cut-off and disallowed from speaking about infrastructure improvements at the meeting. A special thanks is extended for their valiant efforts. 04/03/04

Plan should address jobs creation, traffic, residents say
In the fifth in a series of public workshops on the upcoming county comprehensive plan, concerned citizens raise new issues and put new twists on previous ones. 01/23/04
- The Daily Reporter (Greenfield, IN) www.GreenfieldReporter.com

Hancock County's mega-portal brings doom?
Beyond the initial interest in seeing the GIS site we were surprised to see the County release such detailed land records [including a highly detailed mapping system] on their new site. Now, after 9-11, with international terrorists apparently lurking around every corner these days, why haven't we heard a peep from Lilly? As professional benefactors of the fears in anything "unhealthy", they've sure blown their opportunity to thump their land-baron drums to the beat of Hancock County's impending doom from the glut of freely available information. Sheesh! Who needs roads wheen there's the Internet?! 01/21/04

Look ma'...I'm on the Internet!
With an economy moping along and jobs still difficult to find, we're not the only ones working on our sites. Hancock County recently unwrapped their new Internet site, Greenfield just launched their new portal and Lilly has redone their site as well...Looks like a redesign of this site may be in order. Beyond a doubt though, our hats go off to TheNetEffect.orgfor their timely, cutting-edge mega-portal connecting constituents AND candidates working to better local government through active participation. 01/21/04

"a case study on using the Internet for community organizing"
-The Indianapolis Eye

"critics of the move have responded in a fashion seldom seen"
- The Daily Reporter

NOTICE 1/12/04:
After a period of inactivity SaveTheRoad.com is gearing up for the impending 2004 elections. This is our opportunity to send a clear signal of our disappointment in the decisions of the commissioners. Expect frequent updates of information an new enhanced resources during this election season. It's not too late, you can still Save The Road!

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