Is it time

for the city of Newnan to build a convention center?

That's the

question a newly formed committee will attempt to answer

in the next few months, according to Main Street Newnan

director Mary Jo Holden.

Holden is

serving as liaison between the city and the committee and

said the committee is still working on the preliminary

concept for a convention center.

"There

hasn't been a site picked out or an architect hired. It's

still in the very preliminary stages," she said.

The

committee decided at its August meeting to get input from

the public on a convention center. During its Sept. 16

meeting, the committee will set a date on a public

hearing for October, Holden said.

Before

anything is decided, the committee will have to determine

how cost-effective a center would be and how much revenue

it would generate for the city, she added.

If the city

decides to build a facility, Coweta County could wind up

having two facilities that could serve as spaces for

large meeting.

The Coweta

County Board of Commissioners approved a new

multi-purpose building at the new fairgrounds facility on

Pine Road that will be up and running in the year 2000.

While not

specifically designated as a convention center, the

building will be able to accommodate small meetings and

other types of gatherings.

The meeting

on Newnan's convention center is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 16

at Newnan's City Hall.

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