Paxton mobile home park residents forced to move

PAXTON – Residents of a Paxton mobile home park that was purchased by a Rantoul developer to make way for a proposed commercial and residential development have been given notice that the park will close and they will need to move within a year.

But some of the estimated 30 families living there are concerned that they cannot afford the cost of moving. Most are low-income households, and some residents are expecting to lose their jobs, or already have, due to the closure of the local Baltimore Aircoil and High Concrete Group plants.

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