COUNTY / CITIES The Coweta County Justice Center on Greenville Street, which opened in 2006, houses Coweta's Superior, State, and Magistrate Courts. The Juvenile Court facility shares the same parking lot. The justice center is also the "courthouse" for legal purposes.
The Coweta County Airport – Whitlock Field is located on Airport Road, off U.S. 29 just south of Interstate 85 near Moreland. The airport provides aircraft services, from corporate jets and helicopter ambulances to singleengine planes, and it also offers hangar rental. The Coweta County Library System operates four libraries: Central Library on Literary Lane off Ebenezer Church Road and Lower Fayetteville Road in east Coweta, A. Mitch Powell Branch (formerly Newnan-Coweta Public Library) on Hospital Road in Newnan, Senoia Branch Library on Pylant Street and Grantville Branch Library at 100 Park Drive. Coweta Code Enforcement enforces county codes, including building and zoning regulations, regulations on accumulation of trash and tall grass, sign ordinances, and garbage providers. In most cases, code enforcement works on complaints only. The Coweta County Board of Commissioners is the governing body for Coweta County. The five commissioners serve staggered, four128 Coweta Living 2014-15
year terms and are elected by districts. The commissioners typically meet twice a month. Meetings are normally held the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 6 p.m. in the county commission chambers, located above the tax assessors office on Perry Street.
The Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority provides water service throughout the county, and sewer service for commercial and industrial development, as well as limited residential service. The authority is a separate entity from Coweta County and is governed by the three-member authority board, with members appointed by the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.
The Coweta Convention and Visitors Bureau operates the Coweta Visitors Center in the 1904 Courthouse in downtown Newnan and promotes Coweta tourism.
Coweta County Event Services deals with facility rental at the Coweta County Fairgrounds on Pine Road, including the Adamson Horse arena, the 1904 Courthouse in downtown Newnan, and the Powell Expo Center on
Temple Avenue. Event Services offices are located in the exhibition hall at the fairgrounds.
The Coweta County Recreation Department operates recreation facilities throughout the county and offers multiple programs year-round. The recreation department also handles rental of community centers, including the Tommy Thompson Senior Center on Hospital Road in Newnan, the Senoia Community Center on Howard Road in Senoia, the Welcome Community Center at 1792 Welcome Road near Newnan, the Panther Creek Community Center at 2285 Hwy. 16 in Sargent, the Clay-Wood Community Center on Heery Road in Newnan, and the community room at Coweta Fire Station 16 on Hwy. 34 West in the Dresden Community.
Senior citizen programs are organized by the Tommy Thompson Senior Center, 29 Hospital Road, Newnan – 770-683-8600, and by the Senoia, Panther Creek, and Welcome community centers. The Tommy Thompson center offers programs most weekdays while the other programs are offered once a week. CL