Yesterday's Lockport Journal featured a story about the potential Verzion complex for Somerset, making note that the Babcock House Museum will remain intact. The reporter also stated that a Gasport farmer who rents land at the proposed site might not be so lucky...
...Sidney Silsby of Gasport is concerned he could lose 130 acres of good farm land. Silsby, who farms about 3,000 acres on about 30 area farms, has leased the AES property for more than 10 years.
Silsby, who has grown corn, soybeans and wheat for over 10 years on the site, said, “Right now we don’t know how it will affect us. It’s good farm land and it’s a shame to lose it ... It’s real good, right there on the lake. Weather-wise it’s a good location.”
Read the entire article here:
http://lockportjournal.com/local/x419264115/Babcock-House-solid-but-farmer-on-edge
