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City adopts hands-off approach on Blue Mile winnings
Averitt Center to hold prize money
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Instead of pursuing an agreement with the new Blue Mile Foundation, Statesboros city government agreed Tuesday to hand the portion of Americas Best Communities winnings it holds over to the lead applicant in the competition, the Averitt Center for the Arts. - photo by AL HACKLE/file
Instead of pursuing an agreement with the new Blue Mile Foundation, Statesboro’s city government agreed Tuesday to hand the portion of America’s Best Communities winnings it holds over to the lead applicant in the competition, the Averitt Center for the Arts. As a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, the Averitt Center served as applicant on behalf of the community for the ABC competition that began in fall 2014. The Averitt Center, the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority and the city made an agreement in January 2016 for the city to act as fiscal agent, putting contest winnings under the city’s accounting procedures and auditing requirements.
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