In the never ending clash between Unit 4's referendum projects around Central High School and local initiatives to save the Burnham Mansion in the path of those projects, it appears a final deadline is being reached. From the News-Gazette coverage of last night's Unit 4 school board meeting in the paper today:
Unit 4 board agrees to extend deadline for moving Burnham to Aug. 10More at the full article here.
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After two district-set deadlines came and went, the preservationist aiming to save the Burnham Mansion and the Champaign school board decided Monday evening to reset the terms of their agreement.
A unanimous vote gave UI architecture grad Chris Enck the board's blessing in continuing the project despite the missed deadlines, extending the home's move-by date from July 15 to 32 days from now.
Board member Kathy Shannon emphasized Monday that the new timeline is final.
"I appreciate your stepping up on this, but if those deadlines aren't met, it's not going to happen," she told Enck, who was in attendance at the Mellon Administrative Center. "I think it's important that we say this in public: that we are doing what we feel like we have to do, and this is the absolute last we can do."
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