Commissioners to Consider Contract to Update Historic Morton Theatre

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

A $1.3 million sales-tax-funded project to update the historic Morton Theatre in downtown Athens is slated for final approval at the Athens-Clarke County Board of Commissioners’ next regular meeting, where the board will be asked to move more than $750,000 from the ongoing Athens-Clarke County Jail expansion project to cover a budget shortfall for the theatre.

The topic is on the board’s agenda for its Tuesday work session, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at 120 Dougherty St.

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