Dougherty Commission Chairman Lauds 'Potential' of Downtown Attractions
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Both Thronateeska Heritage Center/Flint RiverQuarium and Environmental Education Center Director Tommy Gregors and Dougherty County Commission Chairman Jeff Sinyard used Gregors’ Monday-morning update on special tax projects to laud the potential of the downtown attractions, but their enthusiasm was tempered somewhat by warnings.
After Gregors said, “We can’t ‘save’ (the RiverQuarium) again (from financial ruin), we must continue to move forward,” Sinyard somberly noted, “There’s a lot of potential here, but potential doesn’t pay bills.”
Gregors updated commissioners on the ongoing stabilization of the heritage museum’s Tift Depot, which he said was one of only five antebellum brick depots left in the state, and the restoration of train cars that is being undertaken partially by students at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Both projects are being financed by county Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax VI funding.
