Development Authority hopes to buy old school for $1

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Development Authority hopes to buy old school for $1

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Wednesday, November 18. 2009

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Plans are underway to breathe new life into a deteriorating and unused former school building in downtown Zebulon.

The Downtown Development Authority wants to buy the old Zebulon Elementary School and renovate it into an arts center. The boarded-up structure, which sits right off the courthouse square, is between the administrative offices for Pike County schools and the school bus garage.

The DDA offered to buy the building from Pike schools for $1. The board of education has not yet voted on the sale but members are receptive to the idea. It is expected to vote on the proposed sale in December. Superintendent Dr. Michael Duncan is negotiating with the DDA and hammering out details for presentation to the board next month.

For more, read the Wednesday, Nov. 18 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.

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#1 David Rawlins on 11/18/09 at 10:14 AM

Why didn't the BOC buy the old school for the judicial complex? $1 seems a whole lot more reasonable than $180,000.

THROW THESE BUMS OUT!!!

#2 Sheila Tolley on 11/18/09 at 11:00 AM

You are much too logical to communicate with these (thieves.)

#3 fiscally responsible on 11/18/09 at 02:03 PM

The price was for the building, NOT the land. Would you buy a house for a dollar and let the owner keep the land in their name?

#4 Anonymous on 11/18/09 at 02:22 PM

The building was free, the land around it was expensive

#5 Drama Queen on 11/18/09 at 06:04 PM

If you dummies had of voted for SPLOST then we would have the $1.00 to buy it. We tried to tell yous peoples. Now we will have to wait till next year and I still have all my signs!!!

#6 Float a note on 11/19/09 at 12:33 PM

The DDA should just borrow the money from United Bank. Chris can get enough peoples to endorse the note, she could count on Don Collins I'm sure. Put up the pecan farm deed.
$1.00 is a big risk.

#7 Under table money? on 11/19/09 at 03:23 PM

Just how much of the $1.00 will Dr. Duncan get? Sounds like he has been taking lessons from the master County Manager. It is all greed. If the County Manager had of put his find of $30,000 in cash to good use then he could buy 30,000 old school buildings.

#8 Pike Lotto Winner on 11/27/09 at 01:41 PM

Citizen Lotto winner has stepped forward and will donate the $1.00 to purchase the school building from the BOE. A prominent Atlanta attorney is working out the financial details between Mr. Citizen Lotto, Don Nutty 1 Collins, the DDA and County attorney. The DDA, IDA, BOE and BOC plans to name the Court House Square after Mr. Citizen Lotto.

#9 Boss Hogg on 11/28/09 at 09:03 PM

I want everyone to know I am running for county manager and school board superintendent all at the same time. i think with the combined salaries of these two positions I can live in the style to which I want to become accustomed . And I promise I will do a good job... gooder in the county manager position. And one of my campaign promises will be to buy all abandoned county buildings for next to nothin and overpay for all land purchases for unecessary uses. Oh, and I'll make up a lot of hogwash to feed everyone about why we need it.... whatever it is.

#10 Drama Queen on 11/29/09 at 01:11 PM

It is the Christmas Season upon us. Pleeze let's all be nice. There is someone that needs your help. He has helped everyone, he makes biscuit ever Sunday for his church, he does not even get to hear the service, he does it because they need his biscuit.

Right now he is having big problems keeping up with his only outlet. He wants to be respected as a journalist and BlogMaster. He needs your help to compete with professionals like the PJR site. Every little bit helps. Please send your donations to JC for the Polecat, he can pay Sparklit and keep the Polecat alive.

Thank you very much.

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