Construction on this $600,000 project is scheduled to begin early in January, 1999. All exterior work on the structure must be sandwiched between January and November of each year, to allow Marshall to continue its most popular annual festival, the Wonderland of Lights. The courthouse is the centerpiece of this event, which features more than 7 million lights and attracts nearly 700,000 people to the downtown square between Thanksgiving and New Year's each year. This one event generates more than $12 million for the local economy.
