There is created in the City of Springfield a medical center district, the Mid-Illinois Medical District , whose boundaries are 11th Street on the east, North Grand Avenue on the north, Walnut Street on the west, and Madison Street on the south, all in the City of Springfield, Illinois. The District is created to attract and retain academic centers of excellence, viable health care facilities, medical research facilities, emerging high technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as permitted by this Act.
70 ILCS 925/5