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Grand opening set for former Macon school turned senior housing

By Stanley Dunlap

sdunlap@macon.com
The Henry A. Hunt School Village administration building has a small theater, gym, and large common area. There are also two new apartment buildings that have 62 affordable housing units for seniors 62 and older.
The Henry A. Hunt School Village administration building has a small theater, gym, and large common area. There are also two new apartment buildings that have 62 affordable housing units for seniors 62 and older. Woody Marshall wmarshall@macon.com

A grand opening ceremony will be held next week for a new senior housing complex in Macon.

The event will celebrate the public-private partnership that led to the construction of the Henry A. Hunt School Village. The east Macon complex — for people 62 years and older —has 60 units and a community center.

The grand opening will be held 11 a.m. Friday on the site of the 990 Shurling Drive former elementary school.

The project was led by In-Fill Housing, the nonprofit arm of the Macon-Bibb County Housing Authority. The project received about $9 million in private investment. There was also a $450,000 loan from federal Community Development Block Grant funds, and Macon-Bibb County also contributed about $1 million.

Stanley Dunlap: 478-744-4623, @stan_telegraph

This story was originally published July 14, 2017 at 4:20 PM with the headline "Grand opening set for former Macon school turned senior housing."

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