At Monday's Dougherty County Commission Meeting, commissioners were presented with an idea for a public/private partnership to redevelop county owned property located at 1500 N. Jefferson Street.
President of Community Development Partners, Kirby Glaze explained how their job is specializing in the adaptive reuse of public property that is no longer serving the public for what it was initially acquired to do so.
Glaze added that they work with the community through the local government to put together a team for a plan to develop the property into the desires of the government and community.
At its current state, Glaze explained how their team believed the best use for the property would be to build housing targeted at the workforce.
Specifically the workforce for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and areas around the hospital.
The preliminary plan for the property supports a tennis center, fire station, and around 200 units of housing according to Glaze.
He was present at Monday's meeting to ask the commission to consider an intergovernmental agreement with the Albany-Dougherty Payroll Authority, along with a preliminary agreement with Community Development Partners to allow them to proceed.
Chairman Chris Cohilas commented on the discussion being a lot of good information for the commission to digest and discuss.
Cohilas requested that the item be put on the agenda for a work session within the next 30 days.