Politics & Government

Census and Renovations on Commission's Agenda

The board will also announce that minutes dating back to 2000 will now be available on the county's website.

The will discuss the results of the at 6 tonight.

Cherokee County is now home to 214,346 residents, which is 72,443 more people than in 2000, according to U.S. Census figures released on March 17.

But the growth wasn't big enough for Cherokee to crack the top five list of most populous Georgia counties.

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Fulton remains the state's largest county. Its 920,581 residents topped Gwinnett (805,321), DeKalb (691,893), Cobb (688,078) and Chatham (265,128) counties.

County manager Jerry Cooper will also seek the board's approval to award:

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  • a $615,931 construction contract to W.E. Contracting for improvements to Sequoyah Park, 7000 Vaughn Rd.
  • a $697,700 construction contract to R.G. Williams Construction Inc. for renovations to the juvenile court, which is housed in the former Cherokee County Administration Building.

Commissioners will meet at the , 1130 Bluffs Pkwy., Canton.

See the PDF document on this page for the full agenda.


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