residents will be saying goodbye to one of Coweta County's oldest shopping

centers.

The Newanan

Plaza on Greenville Street will soon be demolished to make way for the

county's new judicial complex.

County admininistrator

Theron Gay said the only business left in the center is Quality Foods,

whose lease expires in November.

"We'll

start doing some demolition at the site shortly," Gay said.

Right now,

county workers are going through the vacated building and salvaging anything

that can be used, such as heating and air conditioning duct work, Gay

said.

By 2005, Coweta

County residents should be able to handle all their judicial needs in

the new court complex,

The $30 million

project is being funded by Coweta's voters extension of the Special Purpose

Local Option Sales Tax last year.

Gay said actual

construction at the site would start early next spring, and construction

should be completed towards the end of 2005.

For months,

the County Commission has been looking over engineering proposals for

the center and a new committee was formed that will help oversee construction

and design of the facility.

Neighboring

Fayette County just opened its new judicial center earlier in the year

and is receiving accolades for the design and convenience factor of the

center.