Monday, June 09, 2003
Old Slave House - Public Meeting
There will be a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 12, at Southeastern Illinois College between Harrisburg and Equality. The meeting will be held in the private dining room off of the cafeteria. The goal is to develop a plan of action that can be endorsed and presented to the governor's office to get this site reopened. As it stands now, the site could be mothballed for years. Meanwhile, it remains in danger of being vacated and unprotected for vandalism. Yet, there is a way to get it reopened without using state funds and do it this year -- this summer even. If it is reopened and can attract 100 additional visitors a day to the region we're looking at the creation of 60 new jobs in the region. Keep in mind it was doing that in the mid 1980s.
Stay tuned to this site for more information. I'll be adding updates.
If you are interested in the Old Slave House, preserving history, developing tourism or the economy of southeastern Illinois, you are invited.
There will be a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 12, at Southeastern Illinois College between Harrisburg and Equality. The meeting will be held in the private dining room off of the cafeteria. The goal is to develop a plan of action that can be endorsed and presented to the governor's office to get this site reopened. As it stands now, the site could be mothballed for years. Meanwhile, it remains in danger of being vacated and unprotected for vandalism. Yet, there is a way to get it reopened without using state funds and do it this year -- this summer even. If it is reopened and can attract 100 additional visitors a day to the region we're looking at the creation of 60 new jobs in the region. Keep in mind it was doing that in the mid 1980s.
Stay tuned to this site for more information. I'll be adding updates.
If you are interested in the Old Slave House, preserving history, developing tourism or the economy of southeastern Illinois, you are invited.