A $200,000

renovation of Peachtree City's old amphitheater building will have it

back in working shape as new offices for amphitheater staff and a spruced-up

home for the Southern Conservation Trust.

The building,

which needed extensive work to bring it back up to code, will be more

convenient for patrons to use with two box office windows to purchase

tickets from.

"It was

a city building on the brink of not being functional anymore," Development

Authority executive director Virgil Christian said. "It was in pretty

bad shape."

The renovation

includes a meeting room in the basement that will overflow to a covered

patio that will be used for amphitheater and Development Authority functions,

said Christian. The authority operates the amphitheater and tennis center.

The building

also includes a new lab area for SCT so it can revive its programs, Christian

added. There will be separate entrances for the amphitheater and the SCT,

he said.

When the amphitheater

moves its offices to the renovated building Jan. 6, it will open up space

in its current digs at the nearby Peachtree City Recreation Department.

The renovation

project has stayed right on budget, Christian said. One of the main benefits

is that the renovated building is much closer to the amphitheater than

the recreation department, and staffers had to lug computers and other

equipment to the amphitheater on show nights, Christian said.

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