Raleigh seeks support on Dix purchase
Published: Wed, Nov. 22, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Wed, Nov. 22, 2006 06:21AM
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closeRALEIGH -- The City Council voted Tuesday to seek support from Wake County's members of the state legislature for the city to buy the Dorothea Dix campus.
A panel from the Urban Land Institute has proposed that the city buy the 300-acre property, preserving much of it as park land and developing other portions.
Under the plan, the city would set up a nonprofit to buy the property for about $40 million and fund it through bonds and private donations. The council and the legislature would have to approve the sale.
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