County begins work on Jimmy Davis Park

A welcome sight greeted residents surrounding Jimmy Davis Park last week as county crews were hard at work cleaning and upgrading the long-neglected facility in a predominantly Black neighborhood near Eatonton’s downtown.

Putnam A to Z: J is for Jimmy Davis

Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey every other week in 2023, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting in Putnam County,...

County JDP plan stirs up more controversy

Putnam’s University of Georgia county Extension Service Office will soon be moving across town into the currently vacant Jimmy Davis Park (JDP) building on Hogan Boulevard, a site of confusion and contention these past couple of years.