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Local Harveys Supermarkets to become Food World
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Nothing creates a buzz in Statesboro like grocery store talk. As the community continues to grow and become more diverse, so does residents’ desire for more grocery options. On Tuesday, there was movement again in the local grocery store market.Delhaize Group announced that it has sold three Harveys Supermarket stores in Georgia to HAC Inc., an employee-owned regional supermarket chain based in Oklahoma.
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Commissioners table action on 20-year, $60 million bond to expand county jail
Projected interest cost $20M, financing only Phase 1
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Courtesy of Bulloch County Public Safety / This conceptual layout by the Goodwyn Mills Cawood firm in the county facilities study blocks out Phase 1 of the Bulloch County Jail expansion as a single building containing a 160-bed men’s housing unit and a 128-bed women’s housing unit, plus an outdoor recreation area.
After hearing a financial consultant’s recommendation on borrowing $60 million in the form of 20-year bonds for expansion of the Bulloch County Jail and repay at a cost of about $24.5 million interest over the full term or early after 10 to 12 years with about $20.8 million interest, the county commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to table a decision until their next meeting.
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