By David Sowders | Silverbelt
Plans to convert Miami’s historic Inspiration Addition School into new housing for workers, first presented in 2019, moved ahead again last month, with Town Council approval of a resolution adding the project to the Colonias Rehabilitation Program.
“Our goal is to take the empty Inspiration building and, between rehabbing it and new construction, create 40 housing units for working families,” said Miami Junior/Senior High School Principal Glen Lineberry. Miami Unified School District owns the three-story Inspiration School building, which was built in 1916.
Reid Butler, president/owner of Phoenix-based Butler Housing Company, Inc., said the school would hold 20 of those new units, with newly-built two- and three-story buildings where the auditorium building now stands providing the other 20. Eight of those 40 units will be set aside for families in which a family member has a disability.
