(Richmond, IN)--The Richmond Board of Public Works meets Thursday afternoon and will be dealing with a couple of contracts that help to put into motion two large projects announced by the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne county last month.  The EDC will exercise its right to purchase two lots in the Midwest Industrial Park for a total of nearly $845,000.  Those lots will be reconveyed to MV Pipe and Liberation Labs Holdings.  Those two projects combined are expected to create about 150 new jobs.  The Board meets Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock.