The county is set to stroke the final
check toward paying off Carter Elementary School, which opens in
August, after it recently received the $5.75 million in folding
paper it got from selling three pieces of property to Hillcrest
HealthCare Communities (that the operation initially leased).
The commission obviously will have to
sign off on it, but it shouldn't be a big deal. The money will cover
the rest of the $13.9 million for the school as well as a little more
than half the FF&E (furniture, fixtures, equipment), which will
cost another $2 million.
The county will then sell some 1.5
acres off Middlebrook Pike, which will cover the remaining $900K it
needs. Officials hope to actually get between $1 million to $2
million for that property. Key, though, will probably be how it's
zoned.
It's currently zoned
agriculture-residential. The county is asking the Knoxville City
Council to rezone it to commercial (MPC recommends “office”). The
council will take up the issue tonight and during its May 28 meeting.
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