COVINGTON â A parcel of property once purchased by Newton County for the development of a reservoir has been approved for resale to the previous owner.
The Board of Commissioners approved the sale of the property to Carol Denise Stubbs at the boardâs Dec. 1 meeting. The property, which totaled slightly more than an acre and included about 4 acres of easements, will be returned to Stubbs for the amount the county purchased it â $21,655.
According to County Attorney Megan Martin, the county bought the property in 2000 as part of land purchased for development of Bear Creek reservoir. The sales contract provided a repurchase option if the county could not obtain the permits necessary to develop the reservoir within a specified number of years.