Second Mile Development Inc. is not connected to The Second Mile Charity, but

According to WHNT News reporter David Kumbroch Huntsville, Alabama's Second Mile Development, Inc. is being confused (his word) with The Second Mile Charity connected to Jerry Sandusky in Pennsylvania.

Executive Director of Huntsville's Second Mile Development Bill McDowell says, "We've been getting several calls a day and comments asking if we're affiliated with them, and we have no affiliation with them. They started in 1977, and they're in three cities in the state of Pennsylvania, where our whole service area is here in Huntsville."

They are not affiliated with each other, however they are both non profit, tax exempt, faith based, organizations, run by a board of directors with similar mission statements.

Second Mile desires to empower the community where the hopeless can find hope; where children can find love and laughter, where young men and women can look to the future with pride and eager anticipation rather than with fear and dread; where men and women of all ages can discover the depth and the breadth of Christ's love.

The ultimate dream of Second Mile is to bring about, through Christ, reconciliation between all people: the rich and poor, the educated and uneducated, the fortunate and less fortunate.

I wonder why WHNT TV felt compelled to clear up the confusion regarding the two charities but not one word about the Second Mile Development Inc./Terry Heights Elementary School offer?

Bill McDowell, executive director of Second Mile Development, confirmed Tuesday that the Christian nonprofit has made an offer for the 48,000-square-foot building.
"We're excited about our offer," McDowell said. "We'll be scared and excited if they accept it."
The district seemed to have accepted the offer last week, when approval of the $575,000 contract was placed on the school board's meeting agenda. But the contract was pulled before the meeting.

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I am not saying the Second Mile Development Inc.>in Huntsville, AL is associated or affiliated with the Second Mile Charity (sic) in Pennsylvania. I don't have anything personal against the Board of Directors/employees/clients of Second Mile Development, Inc. and I'm not saying Second Mile Development, Inc has done or will do anything wrong.

I'm just saying if Terry Heights Elementary School is turned into an after school center it should be a public endeavor, under public control and accountable to the people, not a board of directors.

I'm also saying something is out of line with the deal

Second Mile Development, Inc. is actually paying $200,000 for the 48,000 square foot building and the land it's sitting on. Not a bad deal for Second Mile Development, Inc. but it's stinking deal for we the taxpayers.

Has the property been appraised?If so what is the appraised value? Surely it's more than $575,000 in light of the fact the Downtown Rescue Mission appraised for 3.9 million and nearby West Huntsville, Elementary appraised for $900,000.
Gene Garrett, a private real estate appraiser, valued the newly abandoned West Huntsville Elementary at just $900,000. Four short blocks up Ninth Avenue from the former mission, West Huntsville has less interior space but more land.
"It's a good building," said school board President Doug Martinson Jr., referring to West Huntsville. "Certainly if the rescue mission is worth $3.9 million, then ours should be worth more or closer to it."
"It continues to cause me concern," Russell said this week. "It looks bad that we paid so much."
But Kling, who had long complained of crime near the mission, said that the neighborhood is much improved and that Russell is out of line.

That's the confusion WHNT TV should be trying to clear up IMHO.