Lynda Van Davis, Greenfield’s counsel and head of external affairs, announces that the company is “ceasing all plans” to build a grain export facility in the historic Black community of Wallace, La., in St. John the Baptist Parish, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
“I’m still obviously in disbelief — I can’t believe this is happening, but I’m ecstatic and all praise to the ancestors,” said Joy Banner, a Wallace resident and one of the most vocal opponents of the project. She and her sister, Jo, founded The Descendants Project to preserve the community’s heritage.
The Army Corps of Engineers had already found the 222 acre facility, could adversely impact cultural heritage sites in Wallace, and was tasked with reviewing Greenfield’s application. Lynda Van Davis, Greenfield’s counsel and head of external affairs, said the long delay in government approval for the project has been “an expensive ordeal,” adding that she did not have an answer for when the company would submit a formal withdrawal to the Army Corps.
Some community members had supported the project, believing it would bring jobs to their town, even as opponents of the facility said tourism surrounding cultural heritage was already a thriving industry that deserved greater investment.
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