The Cecil Times reported The Cecil County Council Tuesday night voted to approve a plan for a new $18.9 million votech school at the 91-acre Basell property in Elkton.The Council’s 3-2 vote was on legislation to authorize the schools to proceed with an option to acquire the property, leading to a subsequent purchase upon completion of engineering and ‘due diligence’ evaluations of the site and its existing 158,000-square foot, two story facility—including 18,750 square feet of modernized scientific laboratories.
Voting for the project were Council President Robert Hodge R-5 and Councilors Alan McCarthy R-1 and Joyce Bowlsbey R-2. Opposing the Basell site acquisition were Councilors Diana Broomell R-4 and Michael Dunn R-3.
The Basell site, built by a pharmaceutical firm as its headquarters before mergers prompted a move out of state, was originally valued at more than $20 million when it was put on the market for sale in 2006. But in the economic recession its asking price was slashed to $6.5 million—an attractive prospect that piqued the interest of CCPS.
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