- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
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- Press release.
- Title:
- Press release [Sept. 12, 2002D]
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- Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
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- Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
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- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-12
- Subject:
- Georgia
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July 29, 2002B; title from Georgia Government Publications citation, viewed September 19, 2007. - External Identifiers:
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- Language:
- eng
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- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
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9-1696-4753
Georgia House of Representatives Public Information Office Room 131, State Capitol 30334 404-656-5082 1-800-282-5800
September 12, 2002
For Immediate Release:
Hudson, Bowen Announce Historic Preservation Grant for Local Project
Atlanta Representative Newt Hudson, D-Rochelle, and Senator Rooney Bowen, D-Cordele, announced today that the city of Ocilla has been selected from a field of more than forty applicants to receive a grant in the amount of $10,000, which will be used for repairs to the historic Ocilla Public School.
The money will come from the Georgia Heritage Grant Program, which is administered by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and seeks to encourage counties and cities to preserve Georgia's rich heritage.
Completed in 1936, the Ocilla Public School housed both elementary and high school students. Later, the school was renamed the Ocilla Elementary School, but was closed in 1987. Grant funds will be used to produce a rehabilitation plan for the school along with construction documents. The city of Ocilla plans to utilize the building's classrooms for public meeting space and its 700-seat auditorium as a regional performance hall.
"I was glad to see we were able to get this money," said Rep. Hudson. "Out of roughly 40 statewide requests, only around 20 were approved, so this is great. The Ocilla Public School is a part of our heritage; a physical link to our past. I look forward to this project's completion so that this historic facility may serve as a bridge between our collective past, and Georgia's
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For further information contact Rep. Hudson @ 404-656-5115