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Explore Athens’ public finances, decisions, and projects—with links to the records behind them.
Follow decisions about artificial turf for the park’s five infields.
4 documented milestonesFollow Recreation Advisory Board planning, City Council approval of a five-infield design-and-install proposal, and an installation-period operating recommendation. The reviewed sources do not provide the approved contract amount, a payment ledger, or confirmed completion date.
Follow separate sidewalk efforts, from resident surveys to design approvals.
8 documented milestonesReviewed decisions cover several distinct sidewalk efforts: citywide maintenance contracts and pedestrian planning, removal of a proposed campus sidewalk from a transportation plan, Hammerhill Road survey and long-term planning, and design of a separate sidewalk loop around McMinn County High School. These records do not establish that the efforts share one scope, contract, funding source, or completion record.
Follow property, design, and construction approvals, with source records and open cost questions.
15 documented milestonesCouncil records trace the project from authorization to search for land, through the Elizabeth Street acquisition and design phases, to the June 2026 KTM construction award and July 2026 testing-services approval. Property acquisition, planning approvals, proposals, budgets, contract authorizations, and documented payments remain separate stages.
Summaries link to original records. Missing information and uncertain outcomes are identified.
How we check the evidence634 archived documents. Audits: FY2018 to FY2025. 12 project histories. About the coverage