Artist Renderings of Central City Hall

The City of Central is preparing to build a new City Hall at the corner of Hooper and Sullivan roads. Since the city incorporated in 2005, City Hall has been located
either in donated or leased space.
Mayor Jr. Shelton said the $4.5 million facility will provide 17,000 square feet of space, mainly for Central Municipal Services, the City Council Chamber, and the Mayor’s office.
He said the city is negotiating with the Central Community School Board for the purchase of land at the site. He expects to go out for bids in February and to break ground
in late spring or early summer.
The architect for the project is Josh Hoffpauir. Mayor Shelton said, “He did a wonderful job!”
The mayor said City Hall was designed to match Central Middle School, which is about a mile north of Hooper at Sullivan.
He said the City Council Chamber will also be made available to the Central Community School Board for its meetings until they build their own space.
The first Central City Hall was donated by the Central City News at its offices then located at 12023 Sullivan Road. Mayor Mac Watts started attending to city business on a card table in that office. City Hall was located there for two months.
The site for City Hall is appropriate. In the 1880’s, it was chosen as the site for the first Central School, so named because it was centrally located among the many one-room school houses in the area. At that time, “Central” did not yet exist as a community. The southeast corner of Hooper at Sullivan was simply a spot called Central.