Davidson town council received authorization to purchase the Carlton Trail Regional College (CTRC) building on Washington Avenue last Tuesday and the town is set to take possession March 1.

Clayton Schneider, mayor of Davidson, said the town is buying the building for $100,000 with the funds coming out of the 2013 budget. He said council decided to go ahead with the purchase after seeing a need for another building in the town to hold medical services.

“To build something would cost a lot more and it makes sense to have health services near the doctor,” said Schneider, noting this also keeps the town away from a rent agreement or temporary space. “It’ll be a great thing. It’s exciting for the fact that we get our own place that we can control and get people in it.”

Carlton Trail Regional College moved out of the building last July after closing its Davidson campus.

Schneider said the town is trying to secure a dentist and their future office would be located in the CTRC building. He said the optometry services provided by InSight Vision Care at the Davidson Family Practice could also be relocated to the space.

“We recognized that we need some infrastructure for the services we are trying to get in Davidson,” he said. “This is a great idea to get our own building to get that sort of thing.”