Saving downtown Jackson and big dollars to boot
by MBJ Staff
Published: February 8,2013
Tags: community development, David Blount, economic development, JACKSON, Millsaps College
Say a cash-strapped state like Mississippi had an opportunity to save tens of millions of dollars on office space in the coming decades while injecting new economic life into its capital city. How fast would you give the idea a thumbs-up – or at least an in-depth ? State Sen. David Blount wants the state [...]
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