Dear Editor:
The trustees of the soon to be built Allen County Hospital, representing current as well as future generations of Allen County residents, thank the elected officials of the City of Iola for their vote to re-zone an area at the north end of Kentucky Street (known as the Hopper property) so a new hospital can be built there.
The hospital is a vital part of our community and your support allows us to move forward again.
We also express our appreciation for your recognition of the significant economic benefits the hospital will bring to the area by a unanimous vote to bring the electrical, gas and water utilities to the property at no cost to the hospital.
This (savings) will allow us, as an example, to add over 400 additional square feet of badly needed space to the facility. We also want to recognize you for honoring the commitment of the past city commission to contribute one-quarter percent of the sales tax, through 2019, collected by the City of Iola for capital improvements purposes for the use in building this hospital.
As we move forward there will be other challenges we will face as we work together on this project, and we are encouraged by your actions. As representatives of the entire county we, once again, thank you!
Patti Boyd
Karen Gilpin
Jay Kretzmeier
Harry Lee
Sean McReynolds
Tom Miller
Debbie Roe
