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Murrayville Park to be reopened, tennis courts added
$1.5 million to be set aside for large project
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Hall County is spending $1.5 million in special purpose local option sales tax money on Murrayville Park in North Hall, which was closed during the county budget crunch several years ago. - photo by Scott Rogers
With an infusion of $1.5 million, Murrayville Park in North Hall could reopen in 2018 as a tennis complex after being shuttered for almost seven years. The Hall County Board of Commissioners closed the park on Bark Camp Road off Thompson Bridge Road in unincorporated Murrayville after the recession took a multimillion-dollar bite out of county tax revenue, but with a rebounding economy — and a rebounding budget — the county is breathing new life into a few dormant parks.