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Milledgeville city council presented awards to three local basketball teams on Tuesday for winning their respective championships.
A certificate of recognition was presented to the Central Georgia Empact Wolves for winning the 16U AAU 2022 Basketball USBA National Championship; A certificate of recognition was presented to Team Chosen for winning the 11U AAU 2022 Basketball Series Two Championship; And a certificate of recognition was presented to Lady Empact for winning the 14U Basketball Team National Championship.
“Thank you coaches for all you do and congratulations to each of your teams,” said Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan. “Tell your players, they can go anywhere from here as long as they keep working hard.”
Dr. Carla Walter was also introduced as the new executive director of Milledgeville Allied Arts. Walter originally came to Milledgeville as the Newell visiting scholar for Georgia College & State University. During her time as the visiting scholar, the position for executive director opened and Walter decided to stay in Milledgeville. She has a background in higher education executive leadership and has held roles such as interim chancellor, vice president of finance, provost, president of university, dean and tenured faculty in business.
“I’ve always loved the arts. I’m a ballet dancer by avocation, I’ve performed and I enjoy doing that,” said Walter to the council and audience. “I look forward to bringing all of my expertise here to Milledgeville and to work with you all on how to move Allied Arts forward as we serve the community and educational organizations.”
The meeting concluded with a public hearing to consider amending land at 1211 South Wayne Street to allow a car lot in the CC district. The owner of land requested the land to be amended for parking of up to15 cars. The property has 200 frontal feet of asphalt parking and an additional 150 feet of gravel parking.
No one spoke in opposition during the hearing and the council unanimously approved the consideration.