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Resident urges county to press Historic Preservation Commission for plan as C.B. King building deteriorates
Summary
At the April 7 Dougherty County Board of Commissioners meeting, resident Bruce Capps urged the board to press the Historic Preservation Commission and city officials for a coordinated plan after alleging the C.B. King building is being disassembled and other historic properties face demolition.
Bruce Capps, a resident, told the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners on April 7 that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and city code enforcement are not protecting the county’s historic district and that at least one landmark, the C.B. King building, is being allowed to fall apart.
Capps described a multi-year history of work by earlier HPC members to survey and plan for historic properties, then said the process changed and earlier reports were abolished. “The C. B. King building is being quietly but substantially disassembled,” Capps said, adding that important architectural pieces have been…
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