Observations Provided By A Blog Reader:
I live in Bloomington near the Riverside (Crestmore) Cement Plant. While they are a good neighbor to the community and supportive of community groups, a cement plant should be miles and miles away from residential areas (ours is across the street from my house and we get constant drift of dust). The constant dust and noise is not good. Not to mention the unknown amount of chemical hazards that exist from silica dust and others. These can never be substantiated by the average Joe because of the amount of power (money and lawyers) that the cement plant and industry wields. Once you get one, you're stuck with it. Bad idea within city limits or near homes, parks, schools etc, whatever the size of the plant.
