Coweta County

is in good shape.

That was the

assessment that Coweta County Chairman Leigh Schlumper brought to the

Newnan Rotary Club last week.

"She did

a really good job," said Coweta County Public Information Officer

Tom Corker.

Corker said

Schlumper covered several points, including:

The success

of the new fairgrounds complex on Pine Road. The complex has already staged

several major events and has a new nature center that was dedicated in

2002.

The cooperation

between local governments. All of the county's elected leaders held an

intergovernmentals summit in the spring in Athens and formed the Coweta

Intergovernmental Agency.

The low millage

rate. The county has not raised the millage rate for the last 10 years,

but increased services. Schlumper did ask the public to support a tax

increase in the future, if it's needed to provide necessary services.

Increasing

services. The county has purchased land at Ga. Highway 54 and Ebenezer

Road. The county plans to build a new library and health center on the

site.

The beautification

of Ga. Highway 34. Schlumper has pushed hard for a new sign ordinance

and development standards on the busy eastern Coweta highway. She also

got an ordinance passed that will keep the grass trimmed and the trash

picked up on the state highway.

The push for

more water resources. The county is currently busying water from Atlanta

and is pushing forward for plans for a new reservoir. When its completed

in 2005, the B.T. Brown reservoir in northern Coweta County will produce

up to six million gallons of water a day.