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Polk County weighs building new extension office or buying renovated Arkansas Tech property
Summary
Polk County officials reviewed a $1.03 million estimate for a 5,000 sq. ft. new Cooperative Extension building and discussed acquiring a renovated Arkansas Tech property the university plans to sell, which could house both juvenile probation and Cooperative Extension. Transcript contains several numeric transcription artifacts; price and square‑foot figures are reported as given.
Polk County officials spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing where to locate Cooperative Extension and juvenile probation offices.
Road Department/justice representative Ben Cross told the court a new 5,000‑square‑foot structure built at the road department site was estimated at $1,033,559.91. He presented an alternative: Arkansas Tech is preparing to sell a renovated building across from “Stobies on El Paso” that the university says has been remodeled using COVID‑era grant funds and includes new HVAC, data drops and conference space. The transcript lists that building’s size as "88509 square feet"; speakers also compared relative size and said…
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