Albany officials intrigued by public/private redevelopment plan

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Group wants to use utilities savings to help fund a downtown Albany hotel/entertainment/retail center.

Rufus Montgomery, principal in the city of Albany’s state lobbyist group, talks about the Albany Development Partners’ Project Artesia Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

The Civic Center would be turned into a mixed-use complex for entertainment, conferences and retail, the Albany Development Partners’ plan. (Albany Herald file photo)

Albany City Commissioners B.J. Fletcher, left, and Bobby Coleman got into a heated discussion during Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Brandon Riddick-Seals discusses a powerpoint presentation at the Albany City Commission’s work meeting Tuesday evening as Mayor Dorothy Hubbard and a number of partners in the Albany Development Partners group look on. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard listens to a presentation by staff at Tuesday’s Albany City Commission work meeting. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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