EVANS COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money went toward a new performing arts center in Claxton.

Four years and millions of dollars have been poured into the renovation of this building to make it a performing arts center in the middle of Claxton. Now, it is facing yet another funding obstacle.

Arts and Cultural Authority Chairman Adam Kennedy says it is 98% completed.

“It is a labor of love,” said Kennedy. “I am the chairman of this authority but there are many many many people helping to make it successful.”

One of those people was former Evans County Superintendent Marty Waters.

Waters signed off on more than $750,000 to be put into this building so it could also be utilized by the schools.

“At the request of using the restored auditorium as their

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