The State Properties Commission decided to place the $13.6 million State Poultry Laboratory at the planned Gateway Industrial Centre near Deal's hometown of Gainesville. Deal chairs the properties commission, and his campaign chairman, Philip Wilheit, is a partner in the 518-acre industrial park land. (Photo Courtesy of Surat Lozowick via Flickr.)
The State Properties Commission decided to place the $13.6 million State Poultry Laboratory at the planned Gateway Industrial Centre near Deal's hometown of Gainesville.
Deal chairs the properties commission, and his campaign chairman, Philip Wilheit, is a partner in the 518-acre industrial park land. Wilheit and Deal told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution they did nothing wrong and the state got a good location at a good price. The state is paying $690,000 for the 10-acre site.
Plans for a new poultry lab began before Deal took office. State lawmakers approved bonds for the project in 2009.
