The sidewalk on North Jefferson that has been an embarrassing eyesore for two years looks complete except for the orange barrels, yellow tape and no landscaping. MARK ENGEL/Staff
The Eatonton City Council voted to seek a state grant to repair other sidewalks in downtown Eatonton. MARK ENGEL/ S t a ff
Eatonton Mayor ProTem Chip Walker says the City and County leaders are still working to agree on how to split about $4 million in revenue that is collected each year from the one-cent Local Option Sales Tax (LOST). MARK ENGEL/Staff
“I think we’ve gotten our most difficult sidewalks done downtown,” said Mayor John Reid Monday night. He wants to look beyond the Streetscape debacle on North Jefferson and repair other city walkways. MARK ENGEL/Staff
Some might wonder if Eatonton Mayor John Reid is going down the wrong path.
The landscaping is still missing on a downtown sidewalk beautification project that turned into a two-year eyesore on North Jefferson Street but the mayor has jumped all over the possibility of a million dollar state grant to do repair work on other sidewalks in the city.
Spurred by an email he got a week earlier announcing …
