Fees waived downtown

City renews program to encourage housing, new businesses in district

Hendley Properties, represented here by its property manager, Bryan Davis, at its The Fountain at Mulberry apartments, has been the leader in downtown residential developments benefiting from the incentive program. - photo by Herald File

W The Fountain — Hendley Properties, represented here by its property manager, Bryan Davis, at its The Fountain at Mulberry apartments, has been the leader in downtown residential developments benefiting from the incentive program. - photo by Herald File

Last week, Statesboro City Council restored an incentive program for redevelopment in the downtown district that had waived almost $200,000 in building permit, water and sewer connection and other fees over the past five years. Originally adopted in October 2010 and renewed and amended in July 2011 and again in July 2012, the Downtown Statesboro Incentives Program expired Nov. 1. The resolution approved Feb. 2 re-establishes it for three years.

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