http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36162551/rend-lake-resort-sits-vacant-idnr-receives-zero-bids-to-operate
WHITTINGTON, IL – (Nick Hausen, WSIL-TV. Please click on the link for the full story and video. Here is an excerpt below.)
A first attempt to seek bids for a new concessionaire to operate the Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center turned up zero bids.
The resort has sat vacant since mid-December when the Illinois Department of Natural Resources terminated its contract with operator John Reilly. The termination was a result of delinquent rent payments of $205,000 and $14,000 owed in real estate taxes. The resort also owed back payments for utilities and hotel operator’s taxes. In addition to behind payments, mold and peeling paint posed a health hazard.
Summer is the busiest time on the lake, but at the resort, barricades sit in front of the entrances and rooms and boat docks sit empty.
Optimistic about the prospect of reopening, IDNR held a press conference in late June announcing it was starting the process of accepting bids from vendors interested in taking over and reopening the facility.
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