Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon (photo Josephine Bennett)
The state quit paying staff salaries and other expenses at the museum in July. Since then, the non-profit group Newtown Macon that will ultimately manage the facility has paid the bills.
But Newtown’s Mike Ford says recently they discovered the state cannot lease the building to a non-profit, leaving his organization in limbo since the summer.
“The state still has outstanding bonds, so the transaction was changed so that the development authority of Bibb County enters into a lease with the State of Georgia.”
Newtown will reimburse the development authority for the $10,000 a month in rent. Ford hopes state officials will sign off on the deal before the end of the year.
