City confirms purchase of elementary school property

  • The now-empty Putnam County Elementary School on South Washington Street in Eatonton will eventually be repurposed as a centralized City of Eatonton government and services center. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    The now-empty Putnam County Elementary School on South Washington Street in Eatonton will eventually be repurposed as a centralized City of Eatonton government and services center. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    The biggest news from Monday night’s Eatonton city council meeting came in its final few minutes. The seven-member council, plus Eatonton Mayor John Reid and city attorney Chris Huskins, returned from a brief, private, executive session to announce the city has agreed to purchase the former Putnam County Elementary School at 314 S. Washington St.“Thank you all for helping...

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