Peru nonprofit to unveil proposed 225-acre healthcare campus at Nov. 16 town hall

A Peru nonprofit will give residents their first public look at a proposed 225-acre healthcare campus at a City of Peru town hall this month.The Peru Rehabilitation Community Development Foundation will present plans for an integrated healthcare campus at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Peru City Hall, 1901 Fourth St. The meeting, agreed to at a recent meeting between city officials and the foundation, will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel, according to a news release.The campus would be built on about 225 acres west of Illinois Valley Regional Airport on Meridian Road, according to the release.Foundation leaders say the campus would bring several kinds of care to one location: addiction treatment, mental health care, adult autism services, senior care and transitional housing. Each care community would operate as its own campus with its own entrance and secured grounds. Plans also call for a farm and equine program offering therapy and job skills to residents, plus a business