Robin Scholz
Margaret Neil outside the resource center that was named after her at the Joann Dorsey Homes housing project in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – Margaret Neil uses a wheelchair to get from place to place, but she uses her mind, her heart and her positive thinking to accomplish many things.
Neil is a resident leader at Joann Dorsey Homes public housing in Champaign and chairman of the Resident Advisory Council for the Housing Authority of Champaign County. This summer, the agency dedicated the Margaret Neil Community Resource Center in her honor and awarded her the first "embracing resident empowerment" plaque.
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