Coweta County

has a site for its new judicial center.

County commissioners

approved late Tuesday the purchase of the Newnan Plaza shopping center

on Greenville Street. The county is paying $3,8. million for the land

and will probably start demolishing the property next year.

The nearly

$30 million judicial center will be funded by special purpose local option

sales tax funds that Coweta voters approved in September.

Jack Halpern

of Halpern Enterprises in Atlanta is selling the property to the county.

The County

Commission also approved another property purchase to help preserve some

of the county's greenspace.

Brown's Mill

Battlefield on Old Corinth Road and Millard Farmer Road was purchased

for $480,000 by the county.

This 120-acre

purchase is funded with state Greenspace funds and a $100,000 DNR grant.

The property

is being purchased from INland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. of Cedartown.

Both sales

are expected to be completed by year end.