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Church votes to sell Michigan camp to pay $7.9M debt

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By Michelle Manchir A beloved Presbyterian campground will likely close after Chicago church officials voted to sell the grounds on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to a private developer. The vote on Saturday comes as the Chicago Presbytery aims to pay a $7.9 million debt, the result of a confidential 2007 settlement with several…

Presbytery of Chicago votes Saturday to determine camps’ fate

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By Scott Sullivan The Presbytery of Chicago assembly will meet Saturday, Feb. 8, to weigh a developer’s amended offer to purchase the Presbyterian Camps in Saugatuck while a conservation group’s backup bid still waits. If approved, developer David Barker and a private equity firm headed by Paulus C. Heule of Grand Rapids stand to close…

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