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Brenau plans athletic fields on donated land
Pacolet Milliken gives university 16.8 acres at Jesse Jewell and US 129
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Brenau softball players, from left, Cheyenne Marsh, Jenny Shepherd and Mackenzie Oliver stand on the future site of the Brenau University Athletic Complex next to the Milliken plant in Gainesville. - photo by Courtesy Brenau University
A local university is expanding — again. Brenau University is the recipient of a 16.8-acre land donation from the South Carolina-based Pacolet Milliken Enterprises Inc., which will be used primarily for athletic fields. “We see this development as another community asset,” Brenau University President Ed Schrader said.