LAHARPE — To give away: land.
LaHarpe City Council members, eager to see undeveloped plots of land near the city’s park filled with houses, agreed Wednesday that anybody willing to build there could have the properties free of charge.
The idea came from council member Harry Lee Jr., who noted the city had invested in extending utilities to the lots directly north of the park.
The utilities were placed a few years back, along with a new sewer lift station, when the city offered land to USD 257 for its building trades classes.
Two building trades homes were…
City council offers free land
