Task force to review Claxton school sale
Anderson County Schools hopes to sell part of the current Claxton Elementary School, shown here, to help pay for a new one. - Ben Pounds
Budget Committee members, followed by the Anderson County Commission, are expected to vote on forming a task force to examine options for the sale of the Claxton Elementary School property. Commissioners are also expected to vote on the task force’s membership at a meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18. The group would develop a request for proposals, or RFP, outlining how the county will evaluate offers to purchase the property. The school is at 2218 Clinton Highway. Anderson County Schools plans to replace it with a new facility at 105 Fellowship Lane, which is currently under construction. During a work session Monday, May 4, Director of Schools Tim Parrott told school and county officials that the existing building has safety concerns and other issues related to its age. To help pay for the new school, the system hopes to sell the current site for an estimated $4 million to offset construction costs. “Come January, there’s a bill that needs to be paid, and we’re going to need money to pay it,” Parrott said.
Read MoreBeer Board approves downtown brewery
This building at 341 Market St. in downtown Clinton will be the site of Clinton’s first brewery. to be called Gather, which Brian Hatmaker plans to open sometime in late July or early August. - Tony Cox
With approval from the city of Clinton Beer Board, a new brewery and full-service restaurant in downtown Clinton is moving toward an opening late this summer. Brian Hatmaker, the owner and operator of the future Gather on Market, applied for the permit and is also a member of the Beer Board. He said Gather will serve its own beer alongside wine and liquor and pub-style food like smash burgers and wings. He hopes to open on July or August this year. The brewery and restaurant will be at 341 Market St., a building that previously hosted Granny’s Attic antiques. “I believe the ongoing construction will only strengthen the future of our downtown space, and I look forward to its completion,” Hatmaker told The Courier News. The measure passed unanimously on April 27, although member David Queener was absent.
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May market magic
Last weekend’s 21th-annual Clinch River Spring Antique Festival may have signaled a new beginning for downtown Clinton as thousands of people turned out to shop the street vendors and stores. They seemed eager to take advantage of the improvements to the sidewalks, which have been the focus of more than 15 months of construction. “I felt like the festival was a huge sign of things to come for downtown,” said Katherine Birkbeck, executive director of Historic Downtown Clinton. “Just like that, Market Street came back to life. “I think it signals that people are ready to be downtown again.” She said that usually the spring festival doesn’t draw as many visitors as the fall festival does, but that this year, “The crowds were much bigger than I expected. I was really, really thankful at how many people came. “We went big, and we had each business in mind when we planned the festival,” she said. Visitors seemed to be impressed with the festival, which featured more than 100 street vendors, along with special events, including craft demonstrations and artistic performances.
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