THE final chapter has now been written in the 60 year history of a former community-owned facility at Greenways.
Ownership of a vacant block in the Greenways township has now passed from a community group to the Robe District Council.
The block was owned by the Greenways War Memorial Committee.
A year ago, it sold the adjacent community hall to a Melbourne man for $15,000.
The moves to transfer the block were initiated by Greenways War Memorial Committee chairman, local farmer and Robe District Council elected member David Loxton.
His motion to accept ownership of the vacant block was accepted at the January monthly meeting of the council.
The block does have a water tank which is used by the Country Fire Service Greenways Brigade.
Located in the farming district midway between Millicent and Kingston, the Greenways hall was built by soldier settlers in the post-war years and opened with great fanfare by then premier Sir Thomas Playford in 1957.
A lengthy building condition audit of the Greenways Hall was considered by council in 2014 with most of the hall’s structure and its fittings rated as being in either poor or fair condition.
The council had considered whether the repair and renovation costs of around $130,000 could be justified.
With the future of the hall in limbo, council decided in 2015 to upgrade the nearby tennis clubrooms for community use.
There were two new toilets, a hand basin and kitchen cabinet installed and both rain and bore water were supplied to the sink.
The facia, eves and inside the tennis clubrooms were repainted, the roof repaired, part of the facia replaced, electrical fittings brought up to standard and three new heaters and a meter box installed.
