MONROE - Residents of the Monroe Trailer Court have until the end of November to vacate their homes before the land is sold to Kwik Trip.
The court, a 15-trailer park purchased by Bader Bros. Enterprises about 18 months ago, is in the process of being sold to Kwik Trip, although the La Crosse-based gas-and-convenience store chain plans for the land have not yet been shared with the city, said assistant city administrator Martin Shanks. The area is on the east side of 8th Avenue near 8th Street.
Representatives of Kwik Trip were unavailable for comment.
A five-year resident of the Court said the first notice any resident had of the impending sale was on the first of October, two months before the scheduled eviction day.
The day after the notification, representatives of Family Promise, an organization dedicated to providing support for homeless families, visited the court to ensure the residents understood the services available to them.
Rick Gleason, director of Family Promise of Green County, said every family in the court was able to either find a new residence or formulate a plan for future living.
"We just wanted to make sure everyone was taken care of, because the majority of residents are elderly or people with disabilities," Gleason said.
Gleason said 13 families were living in the court. One resident estimated at least five residents are more than 60 years old.
As of Wednesday, 10 of the 13 occupied trailers have been moved or emptied, in some cases at significant cost to the residents. Some residents who moved to other trailer parks spent about $5,000 to move their homes, a resident said.
Shanks said Bader Bros. granted residents free rent at the court for their final two months there, as well as $1,000 compensation for moving. Residents who chose to leave their trailers could also have them scrapped for free.
The court, a 15-trailer park purchased by Bader Bros. Enterprises about 18 months ago, is in the process of being sold to Kwik Trip, although the La Crosse-based gas-and-convenience store chain plans for the land have not yet been shared with the city, said assistant city administrator Martin Shanks. The area is on the east side of 8th Avenue near 8th Street.
Representatives of Kwik Trip were unavailable for comment.
A five-year resident of the Court said the first notice any resident had of the impending sale was on the first of October, two months before the scheduled eviction day.
The day after the notification, representatives of Family Promise, an organization dedicated to providing support for homeless families, visited the court to ensure the residents understood the services available to them.
Rick Gleason, director of Family Promise of Green County, said every family in the court was able to either find a new residence or formulate a plan for future living.
"We just wanted to make sure everyone was taken care of, because the majority of residents are elderly or people with disabilities," Gleason said.
Gleason said 13 families were living in the court. One resident estimated at least five residents are more than 60 years old.
As of Wednesday, 10 of the 13 occupied trailers have been moved or emptied, in some cases at significant cost to the residents. Some residents who moved to other trailer parks spent about $5,000 to move their homes, a resident said.
Shanks said Bader Bros. granted residents free rent at the court for their final two months there, as well as $1,000 compensation for moving. Residents who chose to leave their trailers could also have them scrapped for free.