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Gainesville says it has options to fund jail purchase
Hall officials set noon deadline today for city's offer
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The old Hall County Detention Center on Main Street in now the North Georgia Detention Center run by Corrections Corporation of America. - photo by Tom Reed
Gainesville officials, who less than a month ago said they did not have the funds to buy the old county jail on Main Street, now say they have "several" options to pay for its purchase. City Council met behind closed doors for nearly an hour and a half Monday, discussing some of those options with Administrative Services Director Melody Marlowe. Because they were talking about a potential real estate acquisition, the council did not have to open its meeting to the public.