Eminent Domain, Part One: Recalling the Year Sugar Creek Stood Still
ack O’Renick remembers the year Sugar Creek stood still. It was 1982, and the city’s chief source of revenue and job security was dead. The BP/Amoco refinery had closed after nearly 80 years of operation. “The city learned a hard lesson that year,” said O’Renick, who served as the city’s mayor from 1980 to 1992.