The city of Ball Ground with ten other Georgia communities was awarded financing totaling $12,354,701 for water, water supply, sewer and wastewater infrastructure improvements by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority board of directors.
The $173,200 Georgia Fund loan for Ball Ground will finance constructing a new sewer pump station and a sewer line from the existing Ball Ground sewer system to Holcomb Crossing. The project will remove an existing commercial development from septic and connect the Holcomb Crossing development to public sewer collection, allowing the existing commercial development to maintain operations. The project will also help with future expansion in the area. Ball Ground will pay 1.52 percent interest on the 10-year loan.
Other approved loans: Chester was awarded a $609,890 Georgia Fund loan; Helen was awarded a $350,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan; McRae-Helena was awarded a $1,802,616 Georgia Fund loan; Richland was awarded a $135,000 Georgia Fund loan; Sylvania was awarded a $1,173,750 CWSRF loan; Thomasville was awarded a $665,000 CWSRF loan; Woodbury was awarded a $2,448,000 Georgia Fund loan; DeKalb County was awarded a $3,000,000 Georgia Fund loan; Marion County was awarded a $497,245 Georgia Fund loan; The Fort Valley Utility Commission was awarded a $1,500,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan.
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