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City brings in tourism consultant, gears up for 300th anniversary

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:25:50 +0000

NATCHEZ — Tourism consultants will evaluate Natchez in coming months as the city gears up for 300th anniversary celebrations in 2016. Leaders hope the anniversary will boost the city’s tourism industry over a yearlong period, in part by creating new festivals or extending existing ones, reports The Natchez Democrat. Consultant Berkeley Young will examine the [...]

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New Orleans-based company buying bankrupt Monmouth

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:48:53 +0000

NATCHEZ — A New Orleans hotel management company is purchasing Monmouth, a historic plantation property. The Natchez Democrat reports New Orleans Hotel Consultants, a hotel management company, is taking over operations at Monmouth after United Mississippi Bank initiated foreclosure proceedings on the property Feb. 29. Warren Reuther, president of New Orleans Hotel Consultants, declined to [...]

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Bank to take over historic Monmouth in foreclosure proceedings

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:50:28 +0000

NATCHEZ — United Mississippi Bank was expected to assume ownership of historic Monmouth today in foreclosure proceedings. Warren Reuther, president of New Orleans Hotel Consultants, said his company has met with bank representatives about the possibility of managing Monmouth. Reuther said the bank intends to do everything they can to keep Monmouth open because of [...]

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Sophia’s still awaiting ruling on zoning issue

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:52:20 +0000

JACKSON — Jackson officials are still working on a way to keep a popular restaurant open nearly a year after the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled the city violated zoning laws by allowing it in a residential area. The City Council in late July voted to approve new zoning rules designed to benefit Sophia’s, the restaurant [...]

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Commission tosses Ceres renovation plan

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:16:13 +0000

VICKSBURG — An offer to renovate the old plantation house at Ceres has been rejected as Warren County Port Commission members took two offers to demolish the structure under advisement. By unanimous vote, the commission chose to consider a $23,500 offer from Vicksburg-based Buford Construction and one for $24,184 from Madison-based Bulldog Construction. Under both, [...]

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