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http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/14518231.htm
Funding from anonymous investors is still on hold for the proposed Laurent community that would be designed and built for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The proposed town would be built three miles south of Salem along Interstate 90.
"When the funds are actually disbursed, we will go ahead and purchase the land," said M.E. Barwacz, a co-owner of The Laurent Company.
Barwacz said she could not estimate when the funding would be available.
A group called McCook Citizens United has worked to keep the town out of McCook County.
The group is in a holding pattern until the project goes forward, said Martha Sherman, a member of McCook Citizens United.
"The ball is in their court, there's nothing we can do until they actually buy property," she said. "We just continue to monitor where they're at and looking at."
The goal of Laurent developers is to create a visually centered environment for people who communicate through sign language. Every building will have strobe lights and sirens to warn residents of fires or other disasters.
It would be named after sign language pioneer Laurent Clerc.
Barwacz said she and other employees of The Laurent Company are keeping busy.
"We also have a 501(c)3 called the `Laurent Institute' and we're looking at writing some grants and doing different things with that," she said. "We've had people that have expressed interest in supporting it ... We've also continually been speaking near and far and people are very interested."
She said 158 people or families have made nonbinding housing reservations for Phase I.
"They're from all over. At least a third are from the Midwest, but I opened one from California just today," she said. "Folks from especially where they are large deaf communities on the coasts have shown interest. Property values are so high there. So we do see a lot from the coasts. We still continue to have media coverage from all over the world."
Funding from anonymous investors is still on hold for the proposed Laurent community that would be designed and built for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The proposed town would be built three miles south of Salem along Interstate 90.
"When the funds are actually disbursed, we will go ahead and purchase the land," said M.E. Barwacz, a co-owner of The Laurent Company.
Barwacz said she could not estimate when the funding would be available.
A group called McCook Citizens United has worked to keep the town out of McCook County.
The group is in a holding pattern until the project goes forward, said Martha Sherman, a member of McCook Citizens United.
"The ball is in their court, there's nothing we can do until they actually buy property," she said. "We just continue to monitor where they're at and looking at."
The goal of Laurent developers is to create a visually centered environment for people who communicate through sign language. Every building will have strobe lights and sirens to warn residents of fires or other disasters.
It would be named after sign language pioneer Laurent Clerc.
Barwacz said she and other employees of The Laurent Company are keeping busy.
"We also have a 501(c)3 called the `Laurent Institute' and we're looking at writing some grants and doing different things with that," she said. "We've had people that have expressed interest in supporting it ... We've also continually been speaking near and far and people are very interested."
She said 158 people or families have made nonbinding housing reservations for Phase I.
"They're from all over. At least a third are from the Midwest, but I opened one from California just today," she said. "Folks from especially where they are large deaf communities on the coasts have shown interest. Property values are so high there. So we do see a lot from the coasts. We still continue to have media coverage from all over the world."