history and economics, but never submitted it after it became clear the institute did not meet zoning rules. The school initially proposed an institute to teach the Constitution, U.S. Prestley Blake, who died in January at 106, donated his 77-acre estate adjacent to the Monticello replica and pledged $25 million to create the center. Davis declined to say if anyone has been hired or if the school is also seeking the full-time chaplain envisioned in its zoning application.įriendly’s co-founder S. The small, conservative Michigan school, has taken at least one concrete step toward opening the approximately 100-acre center, an effort started in early 2019: advertising for an executive director. Davis referenced restrictions set by the zoning commission - the college is limited to 16 events a year, all of them religiously oriented - in writing that use of the facility “by necessity will be smaller in nature and relatively fewer in number.” Hillsdale spokeswoman Emily Stack Davis said in a written statement that programming would begin this fall, assuming the easing of COVID restrictions, but offered no details. I think they may be in the process of trying something out, maybe planning something in the fall.” “The only thing I’ve heard is they want to make sure they get it right. “I’ve been inquiring myself as to what the plan is,” says Somers Selectman Timothy Keeney, a lawyer who represented Hillsdale in its effort to open the center before he joined the board. As of July, the only event at the Blake Center for Faith and Freedom - based in a full-size replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello built by the late Friendly’s Ice Cream co-founder - has been a May reception for donors, the school says.
Patrick SikesĪ year after Hillsdale College won approval for a religious studies center in Somers following a lengthy and often bitter zoning process, which was detailed in a story in this magazine (“A House Divided,” September 2020), the facility has yet to offer a seminar or lecture. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.In Somers, Monticello and other buildings on the property have remained mostly quiet in the year since Hillsdale College took over.
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