That's the name of the re-development plan for the former Shimer College, put together by the Economic Growth Corporation based in Rock Island. It announced the 60 million dollar project in March of last year (2020), that'll transform the 14-acre campus into affordable housing and a business development education center.
With the state grant, Economic Growth has the 12 million dollars it needs for phase one, renovating Bennett and Hathaway halls, and the president's home known as Sawyer House. All phases should take five to 7 years to complete.
Founded in 1852, Shimer College closed in the 1970's, then the campus in Mt. Carroll became the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies - and it closed in 2017.
