More than $1.1 million ABC winnings now in hands of Blue Mile Foundation

Committees planning South Main area redevelopment projects

With other leaders from both organizations, Blue Mile Foundation President Keely Fennell, at left of check, receives the $1.12 million in Americas Best Communities winnings presented by Averitt Center for the Arts President Burney Marsh. - photo by SPECIAL PHOTO/Averitt Center for the Arts

W Blue-Mile Averitt Check — With other leaders from both organizations, Blue Mile Foundation President Keely Fennell, at left of check, receives the $1.12 million in Americas Best Communities winnings presented by Averitt Center for the Arts President Burney Marsh. - photo by SPECIAL PHOTO/Averitt Center for the Arts

After receiving $1.12 million in America’s Best Communities winnings transferred from the Averitt Center last month, the new Blue Mile Foundation Inc. reports that planning for South Main Street redevelopment work is underway on several fronts. “We are energizing our different committees, which are still moving with the direction of the Blue Mile plan that we implemented when we were competing in the ABC competition, and each individual committee has been busy in their different elements,” Blue Mile Foundation President Keely Fennell said Thursday. Foundation members have formed a Greenspace Committee, working on ideas for parks and possibly an amphitheater, and a Statesboro Stars Committee, looking for lasting ways to celebrate historic and influential people with Statesboro connections.

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