This article original comes from the Belleville News-Democrat on April 10, 2026 America’s Central Port in Granite City has been awarded a $5 million state grant to help it buy 350 acres of metro-east farmland that could become a rail-served industrial “megasite.” The term “rail-served” is key, according to Dennis Wilmsmeyer, executive director of the port, a special governmental unit that operates a logistics hub along the Mississippi River and …
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