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Cherokee agrees to buy land for library branch

By Mark Woolsey
May 2, 2012

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners Tuesday okayed buying 6.14 acres of land for a new branch library in the eastern part of the county. The county is paying $170,000 for the plot at Ga. 20 and Old Mill Road. The 18,000 square-foot facility will be part of the Sequoyah Regional Library System. Mark Woolsey for the AJC

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