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Former Western Mass. Prep School Campus Donated To Christian Foundation

The former Northfield Mount Herman prep school campus in western Massachusetts has changed hands again.  WAMC's Paul Tuthill reports.

The Green family of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that it donated the 217 acre  property to a Christian grant making foundation. But, the new owners, the National Christian Foundation, based in Georgia will be only caretakers.  The organization will be looking to find a permanent owner that will use the property as an educational institution.  The former prep school campus was purchased by the Greens in 2009 and last year the family donated the property to  Grand Canyon University, which planed to build a Christian college for 5,000 students.  But Grand Canyon backed out of the deal citing un-expected costs, and local opposition to its plans..

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