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Article: Forest district wants prison property: Kane seeks former state youth center near St. Charles.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- May 5, 2007
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Byline: William Presecky
May 5--A shuttered youth prison on the south bank of the Fox River near St. Charles has been targeted for purchase by the Kane County Forest Preserve District for $3.5 million, officials said Friday.
The former Illinois Youth Center at Valley View, a compound of roughly 46 acres just south of the "big bend" area of the river, operated for nearly 40 years before being closed by the state five years ago for budgetary reasons.
The Forest Preserve District began considering the purchase soon after the proposed closing was announced, said Forest Preserve Commission President John Hoscheit. But it was not until the abandoned ...