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| DeKalb CEO’s plan to issue $36 million in bonds to help redevelop the old General Motors site in Doraville crashed on Tuesday when five commissioners voted down the development agreement with Doraville and New Broad Street. |
| | http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2010/08/25/front/aagm.txt |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Proposal
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| DeKalb County: It was clear last week that supporters and opponents have different perspectives when they look at the closed GM plant and the $36 million bond that the county proposes to use to buy 58 percent of the land to help redevelop it. |
| | http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2010/08/25/front/agm.txt |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Proposal
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| Barrow County Board of Education may use $1.5 million that it collected in its education local sales tax to purchase 10 acres of land on which it intends to build a career center. |
| | http://www.barrowcountynews.com/news/article/8200/ |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Proposal
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| Winder City Council on Thursday voted to decline a $500,000 grant which would have been used to kickstart rehabilitation on the blighted Granite Hotel. |
| | http://www.barrowcountynews.com/news/article/8199/ |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Proposal
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| Columbia County Sheriff's Office has won approval to set aside funds for an expansion of the 911 center. |
| | http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2010/08/25/new_587147.shtml |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Approved
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| Monroe County: Construction can begin on a new county administrative building and new doctors' offices after county commissioners issued $6.2 million in bonds on Thursday. |
| | http://www.mymcr.net/articles/2010/08/25/news/doc4c745d1b795e1894699386.txt |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Bid
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| Now that DeKalb County won't be investing in a Florida company's plan to redevelop the Doraville GM site, the fate of the land is uncertain. |
| | http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/its-fate-uncertain-doraville-599516.html |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| Unemployment may rise and home sales may fall, but Atlanta's economy is poised for "quasi-growth" the next two years, the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University predicted Wednesday. |
| | http://www.ajc.com/business/atlantas-economy-quasi-growth-599531.html |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| Board to vote on funds to replace main Wheeler High building in East Cobb |
| | http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/board-to-vote-on-599518.html |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Approved
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| Georgia ports defied the sluggish economy in July, posting the best month ever for moving cargo. |
| | http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/08/23/daily24.html?surround=lfn |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| Georgia’s level of financial distress is growing, according to the CredAbility Consumer Distress Index results for the second quarter. |
| | http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/08/23/daily35.html?surround=lfn |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| For five weeks beginning October 4, The Army Corps of Engineers will close their section of Buford Dam Road that crosses Lake Lanier. $1.2-million in federal stimulus funds will pay for a fresh coat of asphalt. |
| | http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=151526&catid=3 |
| | 08/26/2010 Infrastructure End
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| A public forum will be held in Bartow County Thursday to review federally funded projects of the Georgia Department of Transportation. The public is invited to learn about planned projects and comment on their development. |
| | http://tinyurl.com/354leqt |
| | 08/26/2010 Infrastructure Proposal
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| Phase I of the Carrollton train depot restoration is being expanded due to the fact that most of the labor is being performed by inmates, and labor costs are down dramatically |
| | http://tinyurl.com/2vf54mn |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings End
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| Hall County completes purchase of Liberty Mutual building; County services to be relocated from downtown |
| | http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/36976/ |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings End
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| Hall County will pocket more than $14.5 million in rent from Liberty Mutual over the next 14 months before the county completely takes over the company's Browns Bridge Road building. |
| | http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=231756 |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Approved
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| A double-dip recession is possible but not likely for Georgia, according to Georgia State University's economic forecast released Wednesday. |
| | http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-08-25/georgia-augusta-grow-modestly?v=1282784537 |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| The feds have committed almost $127 million to jobless Georgia homeowners facing foreclosure, but state officials don't know when they'll get it. |
| | http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-08-26/georgia-receive-federal-housing-aid?v=1282800553 |
| | 08/26/2010 Residential Approved
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| $54.5 million Interstate 75 project in Bibb Co. is the second-most-expensive transportation venture in the state this year. |
| | http://www.macon.com/2010/08/26/1241174/work-under-way-on-i-75-project.html |
| | 08/26/2010 Infrastructure End
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| Fort Valley State celebrated the addition of the newest building on campus Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new student amenities center, part of a $12 million project that included a football stadium that opened last year. |
| | http://www.macon.com/2010/08/26/1241143/school-sees-surge-of-construction.html |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings End
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| A Georgia Department of Transportation open house discussing the replacement of the Smoak Road bridge over Troublesome Creek and the resulting detour was sparsely attended |
| | http://tinyurl.com/2b6cvjl |
| | 08/26/2010 Infrastructure Proposal
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| Solar energy lags in Georgia, but not for lack of sun |
| | http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-08-26/solar-energy-lags-georgia-not-lack-sun |
| | 08/26/2010 Commercial Proposal
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| National Park Service is shelling out $6M to address problems with the historical bridge leading to Fort Pulaski off U.S. 80. Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization approved the addition of the project to their long-range plan. |
| | http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-08-26/fort-pulaski-bridge-get-6-million-fix |
| | 08/26/2010 Infrastructure Approved
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| Beach High School construction is finally set to begin. The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board unanimously agreed Wednesday to award the $26.3 million Beach High construction manager contract to W.G. Mills Inc. |
| | http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-08-26/contractor-picked-beach-high-school-work |
| | 08/26/2010 Public Buildings Bid
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