TMZ.com: Gladys Knight is rehabbing old Canton school

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TMZ reports that singer Gladys Knight, who lives in the Asheville area, is planning to raise $2 million to renovate an old school building in Canton and make it into a community recreation center.

The mother of Knight’s husband, Billy McDowell, worked at the old school, according to TMZ. It is a segregation-era building with community history the two hope to preserve. They’ve already spent $85,000 on the project, TMZ reports.

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4 Comments

Media Watcher February 11, 2014 - 9:42 am

Good job from Carol Motsinger on covering this ASAP for the Citizen-Times. She must be reading AshVegas!

Mr Poon February 10, 2014 - 12:28 pm

Who cares?

LEW February 10, 2014 - 3:15 pm

Really? I think it’s great!

Jill Boniske February 11, 2014 - 11:39 am

People who live and thrive in the community. And people who have been her fans for decades. Why comment if that is all you can think to say?

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