The Danville City Council tonight will vote on a purchase agreement for what was planned to be the “Royal Vape” shop near Danville High School. The city would purchase the property for $310,000 from a Peoria company. Funding comes from the city’s Midtown Tax Increment Financing District.
The city owns all of the land around that building. This would give the city a two acre site for future development at the corner of Vermilion and Fairchild streets. The city has received an almost $1 million Environmental Protection Agency brownfield grant to clean up underground contamination on that site. The proposed Vape shop will be torn down. The Danville School district has opposed opening a Vape shop that is so close to Danville High School.
