Earlier this week The Center for Family Resources, a Cobb-based non-profit, announced it would be selling the Mansour Conference Center it owns on Roswell Street, near the Big Chicken.
CFR said it couldn’t announce the buyer, but an agenda item for Tuesday’s Cobb Board of Commissioners meeting indicates it’s Cobb County government.
If commissioners approve a $7.5 million purchase, the building will become the new home of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration, which is located on Whitlock Avenue in Marietta.
The agenda item (you can read it here) said commissioners met in executive session in late May to discuss and agree to the purchase.
CFR would continue to occupy 1,500 square feet of the 60,000-square foot building, which also has been the home of other non-profits since 2005, including Disabled American Veterans, Sheltering Arms and and United Way of Greater Atlanta.
The agenda item indicates that the funding for the purchase would come from the Cobb government’s general fund balance, and that license fees to be paid by CFR (at $12,500 a month) will be returned to the general fund.
What once was Sears store became the Mansour Center in 2005, with a gift from the family of John and Myrna Mansour, who were long-time CFR supporters.
In those 15 years, the Mansour Center was the host of more than 300 events and community forums.
It will be closing its doors next Friday, July 31.
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