The investment follows a hurdle the city cleared, which revealed a roadblock localities faced in obtaining the deeds to blighted properties.
JENNINGS, Mo. — A new $10 million healthcare facility is coming to Jennings. City leaders are in the process of handing over the deeds of an abandoned school and church in order to make room for the brand-new development.
As you pass by Jennings Station Road and Switzer Avenue, you’re greeted with blight.
“It look bad and smell bad,” Carol Griffin said.
She lives at a senior living facility across the street from the former Corpus Christie school that has sat vacant for years.
“The red fox come through here, the wild chickens … they live right there. They come out the door right back there,” Griffin said.
Griffin lives at the senior living facility next door. 5 On Your Side told her about a new healthcare facility that plans to move in, providing primary care, mental health …