Historic Preservation vs. Revitalization?  In Willmar,
Minnesota, city officials were not pleased when a mandated
environmental review concluded that the 68-year old airport
building they wanted to demolish was historically significant.
"City Administrator Michael Schmit says the city has offered to
'carve out' the 4.5-acre terminal site to allow the city to move
forward with developing the remaining 700 acres of the old
airport into an industrial park. But he says the FAA has not
responded to the offer.  In an effort to bring the land release
issue to a conclusion, the city has told the FAA that the city
is willing to enter into a preservation easement for the
terminal building."  Full Story: City of Willmar continues
working on land release process for former municipal airport
This sounds more like...  This doesn't much sound like
preservation vs. revitalization battle at all. It sounds like
process. Not very sensational for headlines but from what's
quoted here it would seem that everything is in the w