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Residents urge Macon County to preserve Old Pine Grove School and halt sale
Summary
At a public hearing residents, descendants and voters urged the Macon County Board of Commissioners not to sell the Old Pine Grove School parcel, asked that memorials to Peek's Creek victims be preserved and requested historic-structure protections or county retention for a polling precinct; the board asked the community to explore a 501(c)(3) and historic designation requirements.
At a public hearing on April 9, descendants and longtime voters urged the Macon County Board of Commissioners not to sell the Old Pine Grove School property, a roughly 1.26-acre tract at Peeks Creek Road and the Highlands Road (Parcel 7522092290).
"I do not see the property being used except for a polling precinct," said Harold Alex Hawkins in support of keeping the site. Multiple speakers asked that memorials to those lost in the Peek's Creek disaster be preserved if any sale were to proceed. MaryAnn Ingram, who said she has voted in…
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