Trail for Walhalla hotel leads to Columbia

The trail to renovate an old government building into a Walhalla hotel will take the developers next month to Columbia.  Mayor Danny Edwards says developer Tom Markovich and his partner have a date in July with the commission that governs the state Archives and History Department.  The mayor told a meeting of the Destination Oconee committee on Friday a place on the state group’s agenda is important because it’s a preliminary step for the developers to try to qualify the former Oconee Courthouse for tax credits.