Is an $80

million conference center in store for Coweta County?

It very

well could be after Tuesday's approval by the Coweta

County Development Authority of an inducement letter for

Tara Executive Conference Center and Golf Resort.

The letter

allows the resort company to proceed with steps to secure

funding to build a facility near exit eight at Interstate

85. The proposed facility would cover 19 acres and would

be near Orchard Hills Golf Club, said development

authority Chairman Mike Barber.

"We

don't supply the money. They would have to transfer the

property to the development authority, though,"

Barber said.

The next

step is for the resort company to bring the inducement

letter to the Coweta County Board of Commissioners for

its approval.

Once the

county approves the concept, the company can start

seeking funding sources. While the company also is

looking at developing the center in other counties,

Barber is hopeful the group will choose Coweta.