Rezoning

According to an email from the Arbor District mailing list, a rezoning request for the property containing the old Carbondale Community High School football, tennis and track fields is on the Planning Commission's agenda for this Wednesday evening.

The property was acquired by Vienna Il.'s Gelco Management about 5 years ago from the school district for $175,000. Subsequently, the company offered the property for sale for $1.9 million, with no improvements to the property, as far as I can tell and no taker, either. The proposed rezoning would take the area from a R 1-8 to a SLF (supportive living facility). Apparently, if the rezoning goes through, the plan is to build a 76 unit apartment complex primarily targeted towards people on Medicaid, Social Security and SSI.

So we're looking at a facility aimed at people on state aid, with Illinois financially unsound, and federal aid, with continued talk about revamping Social Security? Doesn't exactly sound like a great business plan to me. Still, I have no knowledge of the particulars, which I hope come out after the planning commission meeting.