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King George boards agree to feasibility studies for old courthouse, vocational center and shared storage
Summary
At a joint work session, county and school officials agreed to commission outside feasibility work to evaluate repurposing the vacant old courthouse, renovating the VOTEC (vocational) building and creating a shared storage facility; the boards also signaled intent to vacate the current school board office pending those studies.
King George County officials and the school division agreed at a joint meeting to hire outside architects and consultants to study whether the county can repurpose the vacant old courthouse, renovate the county/school vocational (VOTEC) building, and develop a centralized storage site as a shared resource for county and school operations.
County Administrator Matthew Smolnick said, “we felt this was an important topic to to put in front of both boards,” and outlined several near-term needs, including an upcoming site plan behind the sheriff’s building, temporary uses for the old courthouse and a suite of facility requests coming through the capital improvements program (CIP). Dr. Jesse Boyd, speaking for the school board, said a shared, county–school vision would “help us focus our efforts” and make operations more efficient.
Why it matters: the county and school division face multiple facility pressures at once — a vacant courthouse building across from the administration hub, a passed school referendum for a new school, limited storage distributed across aging…
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