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Peru nonprofit to unveil proposed 225-acre healthcare campus at Nov. 16 town hall · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Peru Nonprofit to Unveil proposed 225 acre healthcare campus at November 16th
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  Town Hall. Written by Emily Beebe. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlet. A Peru nonprofit will
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  give residents their first public look at a proposed 225-acre healthcare campus
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  at a City of Peru town hall this month.
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  The Peru Rehabilitation Community Development Foundation will present plans for an integrated
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  healthcare campus at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Peru City Hall,
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  1901 Fourth St. The meeting, agreed to at a recent meeting between
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  city officials and the foundation, will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube
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  channel, according to a news release.
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  The campus would be built on about 225 acres west of Illinois
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  Valley Regional Airport on Meridian Road, according to the release.
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  Foundation leaders say the campus would bring several kinds of care to
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  one location: addiction treatment, mental health care, adult autism services, senior care
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  and transitional housing. Each care community would operate as its own campus
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  with its own entrance and secured grounds. Plans also call for a
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  farm and equine program offering therapy and job skills to residents, plus
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  a business district with a hotel, restaurants and shops for visiting families.
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  Before anything moves forward, three things must be in place, according to
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  the release: a development agreement with the city, city approval of a
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  tax increment financing TIF district for the campus, and La Salle County’s
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  support for the campus nonprofit care services. Each would come after public
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  input and the city’s zoning review.
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  The foundation would own the campus land and its addiction treatment facilities,
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  keeping the project’s mission under nonprofit control.
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  Peru is a community where people know their neighbors, and we want
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  residents to hear about this project directly from us, Executive Director Kris
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  Reinbeck said in the release. We’re at the very beginning. The town
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  hall is the chance to explain what we have in mind, answer
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  questions and listen before anything is decided.
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  Residents can submit written comments or questions in advance to the Peru
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  city clerk’s office, 1901 Fourth St, or by email to townhall@peru.il.us,
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  according to the release. The town hall will include an overview of
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  the proposed campus followed by open questions from residents.