Regents approve key projects for Georgia College, FVSU
By Jennifer Burk –
CARROLLTON — Georgia College & State University received authorization Wednesday to move forward with the purchase and renovation of Milledgeville’s downtown Campus Theatre.
The Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s 35 public institutions, approved the project at its scheduled meeting at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton. The project was part of a seven-project list to be funded through a pooled bond issuance by the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority.
Also included on the approved list was a student center and stadium project at Fort Valley State University.
The Georgia College project is planned to convert the 21,000-square-foot art deco Campus Theatre into a bookstore and black box theater.
The estimated cost of the project is $6.9 million, and it is expected to be funded through tenant rental and retail sales revenue, according to University System of Georgia documents.
The bonds should be sold by the end of the year, and then the university can complete the purchase of the building and hire people to do the work, Georgia College President Dorothy Leland said.
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Regents approve key projects for Georgia College, FVSU
By Jennifer Burk –
CARROLLTON — Georgia College & State University received authorization Wednesday to move forward with the purchase and renovation of Milledgeville’s downtown Campus Theatre.
The Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s 35 public institutions, approved the project at its scheduled meeting at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton. The project was part of a seven-project list to be funded through a pooled bond issuance by the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority.
Also included on the approved list was a student center and stadium project at Fort Valley State University.
The Georgia College project is planned to convert the 21,000-square-foot art deco Campus Theatre into a bookstore and black box theater.
The estimated cost of the project is $6.9 million, and it is expected to be funded through tenant rental and retail sales revenue, according to University System of Georgia documents.
The bonds should be sold by the end of the year, and then the university can complete the purchase of the building and hire people to do the work, Georgia College President Dorothy Leland said.
“We’re ready to go,” she said.