The University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia are poised to take over a Navy Supply Corps facility in Athens. This week the two schools reached an agreement with the local redevelopment authority.
The schools will take control of the base when it closes in 2011 and turn it into a medical campus. As part of the deal, UGA will pay $8 million dollars for another facility that will be used to help the homeless.
The local redevelopment authority is expected to vote on the agreement on Monday. A public hearing to unveil a site plan for the campus is scheduled July 17. For the deal to succeed, the state Legislature must fund it within the next three years.
The schools will take control of the base when it closes in 2011 and turn it into a medical campus. As part of the deal, UGA will pay $8 million dollars for another facility that will be used to help the homeless.
The local redevelopment authority is expected to vote on the agreement on Monday. A public hearing to unveil a site plan for the campus is scheduled July 17. For the deal to succeed, the state Legislature must fund it within the next three years.
