Updated 2/18/2021 6:38 PM
A former Kmart store, vacant for 12 years, is transforming into a mass vaccination site, the result of a collaboration among the city of McHenry, the McHenry County Department of Health, and local businesses, officials said.
City leaders will officially turn the building at 1900 N. Richmond Road over to the local health department Friday afternoon, according to a news release.
County Administrator Pete Austin said McHenry did a fantastic job of preparing the building, in large part due to McHenry Police Chief John Birk. I know that they had to do some cleaning in there and painting and rewiring and getting internet, Austin told the Northwest Herald.