Addiction Treatment Industry Newswire |
10/07/2012 – ATIN – A major new high end addiction treatment drug rehab alcohol rehab facility is being proposed for a former school campus conversion into a private pay location just an hour’s westward drive from Chicago, demographically a top three major ![]() NIMBY NONSENSE Of course, the usual NIMBY nonsense has started in Campton Hills, an upper middle class community where the average home has sold for $425K this year, with packed community meetings and flyers posted. Evoking Nightmare on Elm Street type chaos, a local LOST OPPORTUNITY
Editor’s Note: By mentioning Hazelden’s past long time dominance of the Chicago high-end scene, we did not at mean to give a false impression of competence. Hazelden expanded into the Chicago market in the late 1990s, buying the former Russian consulate building in the swanky Near North of the city and hoping start a thriving local treatment operation. The initiative was thoroughly unsuccessful and distinguished itself principally only as a savvy real estate investment play. In an interesting aside, a Chicago judge refused to grant Hazelden its non-profit exemption from city property taxes, essentially ruling that Hazelden’s stated lack of focus on helping the financially disadvantaged and primary focus on treating the wealthy disqualified the legendary center, with its massive $250M endowment, from getting the tax exemption reserved for charities. Hazelden had the ruling overturned on appeal. read our 2009 Special Report “THE MIDWEST GAP” POST YOUR COMMENTS BELOW..start a debate! GOT ADDICTION INDUSTRY NEWS? tell us… |