The South Barrington Park District’s sale of vacant land at Bartlett Road and Route 59 has been halted amid community opposition and legal action. (John Starks | Staff Photographer)
By Russell Lissau – Daily Herald
The South Barrington Park District’s sale of unwanted, vacant land to a church has been halted amid community opposition and legal action.
“The real estate closing is on hold,” Scott Puma, an attorney for the park district, said Wednesday.
Puma’s comments came hours before a planned public demonstration against the deal. It’s scheduled for 5 p.m. at the park district’s community center, 3 Tennis Club Lane.
The park district board is set to meet there at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The land deal isn’t on the agenda, but critics have said they plan to pack the meeting room.
The district postponed the real estate closing after receiving copies of a legal complaint and a request for a temporary restraining order seeking to block the sale of the 34-acre site, which is at Bartlett Road and Route 59, to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
The complaint — targeting the church, the park district and the village — was brought forth by anonymous South Barrington residents, documents indicate.
The complaint hasn’t yet been heard by a Cook County judge, so no decisions have been made in the matter.
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Related: “South Barrington Park District proposed property sale updates include request for support,” “Hearing on controversial church plan canceled in South Barrington, but opponents still have their say,” “Why some South Barrington residents oppose plan for new church, school,” “Nearby South Barrington Park District property sale concerns neighbors”
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