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County offices to start moving Friday
Renasant Bank Complex
County offices will be located at 802 and 804 S. Laurel St. - photo by Photo submitted

SPRINGFIELD -- Several Effingham County offices will soon be moving from their present locations and relocating to 802 and 804 S. Laurel St. in Springfield, currently the Renasant Bank Complex. 

This move will consolidate county services in a more convenient location with plenty of parking and newly renovated facilities. The move is imminent and will include staggered move-in dates for each department. 

Development Services will be the first department to relocate. Its office will be closed on Friday for the  move-out and will reopen Nov. 1  at the new location.  The remaining departments will follow shortly afterward, with full relocation completion by the end of the year. 

The “South Building” at 804 S.Laurel St. (next to the Renasant Bank) will include the Development Services Department and Effingham County Commission meeting chambers on the first floor, as well as the Finance Office, the Human Resources Office and the Georgia Department of Public Health Environmental Health Office on the second floor. 

The “North Building” at 802 S. Laurel St. will house the clerk of commission’s and county manager’s Offices on the second floor above the Renasant Bank. 

The soon-to-be relocated offices are listed below with their contact numbers. Please call offices to verify their location before visiting.

 • Development Services, moving from 904 N. Pine St. to 804 S. Laurel St. (South Building, next to the Renasant Bank) 912-754-2128 (will be closed Friday and will reopen at new location Nov. 1)

 • Board of Commissioner meeting chambers moving from 601 N. Laurel St. to 804 S. Laurel St. (South Building, next to the Renasant Bank) 912-754-2123 

• Finance Office moving from 601 N. Laurel St. to 804 S. Laurel St. (South Building, next to the Renasant Bank) 912-754-8012

 • Human Resources Office moving from 601 N. Laurel St. to 804 S. Laurel St. (South Building, next to the Renasant Bank) 912-754-2104

 • Georgia Department of Public Health Environmental Health Office moving from 765 Hwy 119 to 804 S. Laurel St. (South Building, next to the Renasant Bank) 912-754-6850 

• County Manager and Clerk of Commission Offices moving from 601 N. Laurel St. to 802 S. Laurel St. (North Building, above the Renasant Bank) 912-754-2111 & 912-754- 2123