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GARY, Ind. — The city of Gary has given the developer of a proposed Michael Jackson family-themed complex until May 31 to register as a tax-exempt nonprofit in Indiana.
City Attorney Susan Severtson tells The Times of Munster that Gary officials realize that it takes time for an organization to meet the nonprofit requirements and wanted to set up a realistic timeline.
The city signed a real estate deal last year with Jackson Family Heritage Foundation and Jackson's parents to transfer, under certain conditions, more than 300 acres of city land, for free, to the group to develop. Severtson says the foundation must have tax-exempt status before it can receive the land.
Jackson was born in the city but moved away as a child after the Jackson 5 struck it big in 1969.
Source : http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2b81844c6ad44675bed252d0a28c298c/IN--Jackson_Museum/
City Attorney Susan Severtson tells The Times of Munster that Gary officials realize that it takes time for an organization to meet the nonprofit requirements and wanted to set up a realistic timeline.
The city signed a real estate deal last year with Jackson Family Heritage Foundation and Jackson's parents to transfer, under certain conditions, more than 300 acres of city land, for free, to the group to develop. Severtson says the foundation must have tax-exempt status before it can receive the land.
Jackson was born in the city but moved away as a child after the Jackson 5 struck it big in 1969.
Source : http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2b81844c6ad44675bed252d0a28c298c/IN--Jackson_Museum/