The former Lincoln Development Center property in Lincoln has long been an eye, but that could soon be changing. 

Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch explains the new State budget set aside $500 million for five sites throughout the state to be prepared for economic development and the LDC building is one of those five sites. 

The City has put together a task force, who will survey the property and have conversations with the community, to determine what that land could be used for. Mayor Welch says this is a great opportunity to move Lincoln forward. 

Mayor Welch indicates the City would like to demolish all the buildings currently on the LDC property, rather than refurbish them. The next steps involve working with the Governor's Office and Central Management Services.

The task force has already met a few times, and according to Mayor Welch, they will meet again soon with more information and data on what the property could be used for. He would like to have an answer in the next two to three months. 

A portion of the property was developed for the Department of Juvenile Justice. The remainder of the property is still being neglected.