Post by JB on Apr 14, 2008 21:34:29 GMT -6
D204 to buy church's land for $19M
April 14, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
The deal is done.
Indian Prairie School District 204’s school board approved Monday the purchase of 84 acres along Eola Road in Aurora from St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. Metea Valley High School will be built on the land. The purchase should allow District 204 to open the 3,000-seat high school in the fall of 2009, as planned.
St. John's intended to build a new church on roughly 34 acres of the property, but decided to sell the the entire 84-acre site to the district after Midwest Generation decided not to sell 37 acres of adjoining property selected for the school site last week. District 204 will purchase the property for roughly $19 million.
The board voted 6-1 in favor of the action. Board member Christine Vickers cast the lone no vote.
April 14, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
The deal is done.
Indian Prairie School District 204’s school board approved Monday the purchase of 84 acres along Eola Road in Aurora from St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. Metea Valley High School will be built on the land. The purchase should allow District 204 to open the 3,000-seat high school in the fall of 2009, as planned.
St. John's intended to build a new church on roughly 34 acres of the property, but decided to sell the the entire 84-acre site to the district after Midwest Generation decided not to sell 37 acres of adjoining property selected for the school site last week. District 204 will purchase the property for roughly $19 million.
The board voted 6-1 in favor of the action. Board member Christine Vickers cast the lone no vote.