Tinley Park’s mayor publicly acknowledged Tuesday night that the village may not spend millions to purchase land formerly occupied by a state mental health center.
Village officials announced last fall that they would buy the property, which spans 280 acres northwest of 183rd Street and Harlem Avenue, for more than $4 million. The state owns the land and operated the Tinley Park Mental Health Center for decades until Gov. Pat Quinn shut it down in 2012.
At a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposed special taxing district for the site, Acting Mayor Dave Seaman said the decision to acquire the land has not yet been made…Please click here to read Gregory Pratt’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.
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