Chino Valley staff to return with proposal to buy 23-acre Del Rio Springs parcel containing historic Fred Harvey buildings

Michael Patrick of the Trust for Public Land told the Chino Valley Town Council on Sept. 24 that the organization is offering the town the option to acquire a nearly 23-acre parcel inside the recently expanded Del Rio Springs state park that includes three to four historic Fred Harvey–era buildings.

The parcel was appraised at $570,000; sellers are offering a negotiated bargain sale price of $150,000, and a private donor has pledged $125,000 in matching funds toward the purchase, Patrick said. The town’s option deadline on the property runs through Dec. 31.

The parcel sits inside state park land that Arizona State Parks and Trails acquired earlier this year; the buildings occupy a small blue parcel surrounded by the orange park property shown on the Trust’s plan, Patrick said. He described the site’s historical connections to…