County Commission Chair Alex Tyson noted Wednesday that the former Wilhoite building on East 8th Street has been torn down. The building was damaged in the big mid-December wind storm. "It tore the roof up pretty bad. We would have paid a little bit more to fix the roof. In that condition it was pointless to fix the roof of a building that was pretty much falling apart."
The east parking lot at the nearby County Office Building was closed during the demolition, but it is now reopen for use.