Turning soil on a new era for Aurora

Gov. Pillen speaks at Mission Critical groundbreaking Friday

A drone photo provided by the City of Aurora captured the scene from above Friday's groundbreaking.
A drone photo provided by the City of Aurora captured the scene from above Friday's groundbreaking.

Crowds gathered, dignitaries spoke and golden shovels turned earth on Friday morning signaling both the beginning of a new manufacturing business for Hamilton County and the culmination of more than a decade of work by public and private entities at the Mission Critical business development site between Aurora and I-80.  The groundbreaking ceremony in a former soybean field just south of the …