6/6/14 - The Pinckney Board of Education is taking a serious look at a proposal by a local developer looking to purchase Pinckney Elementary. The school, along with Hamburg Elementary, was shut down in the past year to cope with a declining student body and the loss of state funding that results. Both schools and the properties around them are now up for sale, and despite several interested parties the district has yet to finalize a purchase agreement. Over the past two weeks, administrators have received two letters of intent from local companies seeking to buy the Pinckney Elementary property. One of these was rejected at last nightâs school board meeting, but the other was accepted and could result in a purchase agreement sometime in the coming weeks. The company making the offer is Rescue LLC, a Howell developer that wants to put new housing on the property. Rescue LLC is offering to spend $300,000 on the property at this time, less than officials had hoped to make on the site. However, Superintendent Rick Todd says the district will benefit from having new housing to bring families into the community, adding children to the local student population. The existing Pinckney Elementary building may not be demolished when the new development goes in, possibly serving instead as a community center. (TD)
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