Sudbury city council considering vacant Long Lake school purchase

Sudbury citycouncillorswill discuss the possiblepurchase ofan old elementaryschool property at Monday night'smeeting.

The Rainbow District School Board closed Long Lake PublicSchool in 2012, but recently declared the property surplus.

Before the property can be sold on the open market, the city and other school boards have to pass on the sale.

Sudbury city council recently voted to negotiate with the English Catholic school board about some land in the Minnow Lake area.

The city hasexpressed interest in about 0.6 haof bush that's part of a vacant school board property near the corner ofBancroftDrive and First Avenue.

Mining million?

Sudbury city council will vote tomorrow night on a request for $1 millionfrom the city's economic development corporation on behalf of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation.

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The research organization is seeking $200,000 over five years, and themoney would be granted to smallercompanies in Sudbury that need help starting deep mining projects.

These sort of grants have been controversial in the past. There was much debate in 2013when the Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada, orAMRIC, asked Sudbury city council for $10 million similar to what the city gave the Laurentian University School of Architecture.

In the end, council granted AMRIC $1.75 million in funding.