Tale of Two Cities
by Ed Darling
Published: July 17,2009
Tags: Baton Rouge, downtown, JACKSON, Louisiana, MANUFACTURING/PRIVATE COMPANIES - Market Sector, Mississippi, redevelopment, travel
The City of Jackson can create a successful revitalization program in its central business district just like the one now shared by neighboring Baton Rouge, La., and East Baton Rouge parish. More than 60 Jackson area business and civic leaders heard that message often last week, spending parts of two days in the Louisiana capital, [...]
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