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Gainesville makes plans to finance old county jail
City agreed in June to purchase Main Street facility
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Gainesville officials moved forward Thursday on a search for financing that will allow them to control the destiny of the old Hall County Jail on Main Street. City officials plan to sell bonds to help them finance a $7.2 million purchase of the jail from the Hall County government next month. What they don’t know yet is the kind of interest rate that will be attached to the new debt.