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Here's the agenda for Thursday's county commissioners meeting. And if you want to go, here's the skinny:

What: Guilford County commissioners meeting
When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Old County Courthouse, 301 W. Market St., Greensboro
On TV: Cable channel 13 in Greensboro and other areas of Guilford County outside High Point; cable channel 8 in High Point.
What’s going on? The board will consider buying about 63 acres valued at $522,000 for a purchase price of $318,800 to use as open space beside another tract the county bought in 2007. Commissioners will get a look at getting another 19 acres of open space land near Northeast middle and high schools for $59,400. The land is valued at $120,000. They may also decide to offer a 1920s-era house for donation to anyone who wants to move it from property on 211 South Edgeworth St., the proposed site for a new county jail. The building would be transferred to Preservation Greensboro Inc., which would help find an owner who could pay to move the house off the site.
Want to be heard? Speakers can address the board on non-agenda items regarding county business for three minutes at the start of the meeting. A sign up sheet will be available near the lectern.
What’s next? The open-space purchases could be accessed by the public shortly afterward if approved. As for the house, it’s not completely free: Any takers must scrounge up about $100,000 to pay the estimated cost to move the building.
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