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Lee County reports progress on abandoned properties; developer plans 10–20 apartments for former school
Summary
County staff described work under a Strong Communities grant on nuisance properties, including negotiations with Amboy and Dixon, a developer plan to convert a former school into 10–20 apartments, and continued work on an abandoned nursing home; the county recently hired a building official and is drafting zoning/building code changes.
Jeremy, county staff, gave the Public Safety Committee an update on abandoned and nuisance properties and the Strong Communities grant work across Lee County.
"We need to start wrapping that up by the end of the year," Jeremy said of the Strong Communities grant program. He said staff are working with Amboy and the city of Dixon on a number of properties and have met with Amboy's attorney to provide required documentation.
On one property referred to as the lease center school, Jeremy said…
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