Lease Deal Would Allow Medical Clinic to Use Old Pinckney LibraryLease Deal Would Allow Medical Clinic to Use Old Pinckney Library

4/8/13 - After its facility was destroyed by fire, a local medical clinic is looking to re-open in a temporary and familiar location. Faith Medical Clinic serves those in need without medical insurance and is in talks to lease the old Pinckney library building on Mower Road, which has been on the market since November. The Pinckney Library Board held a special meeting last Friday to entertain a proposal from Mitch and Laura Goldman, who founded the clinic that operated previously out of the Putnam Township annex building where a fire broke out in February. A formal lease agreement is now in the process of being drawn up to rent the old library building out for $2,000 per month. The lease would be up for renewal every four months, in case the building was to sell. Pinckney Library Board President Kate Pratt says the Goldman’s can’t afford to buy the building outright but the board can’t afford to give it to them for free because it’s their only equitable asset. She tells WHMI the proposal is a good compromise for both parties, being that it’s affordable for the Goldman’s but also ensures the building isn’t just sitting empty. The library board will meet next on Wednesday, April 17th and Pratt says she expects the lease will be approved at that time. (JM)