2017 was the year that Champaign County voters did not come to the aid of the county nursing home. Voters last April rejected a tax increase to help pay for the facility, and gave the county board permission to consider selling it. But the battle over the nursing home’s future continues.

Voters in Champaign County are considering two different referenda affecting the Champaign County Nursing  Home. One is to raise a special property tax that funds the facility, while the other would allow the county board to consider its sale or disposal. 

Champaign County voters will see two referendums about the county nursing home on the April 4th ballot --- one to raise property tax rates to support the home --- the other, to sell or close it. Now, a group has formed to promote a nursing home sale.