Cape County has plans with funds for old federal courthouse

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cape Girardeau County's officeholders, whether they reside in the Common Pleas Courthouse or Jackson administration building, may have seen themselves preparing to move operations to an empty courthouse on Broadway while looking ahead just one year ago. More than $2 million was in hand after refinancing jail bonds, and the auction was ongoing. The county had enough to buy and likely enough to refurbish the former federal courthouse owned by the General Services Administration. Negotiations ensued, but the deal fell through.

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