Oconee County, In Land Swap, Gets Site For New Fire Station

Oconee County is acquiring land for a replacement for the existing Barber Creek Fire Station on the Oconee Connector via a complicated land swap being managed by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia.

Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) will acquire 3 acres fronting on Virgil Langford Road south of SR 316 for $825,000 for the future site of what is officially Fire Station #8.

The 3 acres are owned by Broad and Pope LLC of Bogart and were part of land originally rezoned for a four-lot auto dealership complex.

ACCG also will acquire from Oconee County the 2 acres on the Oconee Connector where the Barber Creek Fire Station now sits for $1.8 million.

ACCG then will swap the two properties, with Oconee County getting use of the 3 acres for a new fire station and Broad and Pope getting the 2 acres on the Oconee Connector.

Oconee County will then enter into a lease/purchase arrangement with ACCG so it can move forward with construction of the fire station before it has the sales tax revenue needed to build the facility.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: County Attorney Daniel Haygood, left, County Administrator Justin Kirouac