BILOXI — The city of Biloxi is seeking authority from the Legislature to deal with blighted commercial property. Its target is Caesars Entertainment’s unfinished casino on the beach on U.S. Highway 90. The city had authority until last September when a law expired to clean commercial buildings and multi-family housing complexes damaged by Hurricane Katrina [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 24,2013
Tags: abandoned property, blight, city, community development, land, land trust, municipal, municipality, nonprofit, ownership, property, real estate, urban sprwal
JACKSON — Working Together Jackson, a network of local community groups, has been quietly developing a new strategy for fighting blight, a problem that has at times seemed too daunting to solve. The latest idea is to take control of abandoned properties through a land trust, a nonprofit set up for the sole purpose of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2012
Tags: blight, buildings, Commercial Real Estate, community development, demolition, flooding, floods, hurricanes, municipal government, properties, real estate, severe weather, storm surge, tropical weather, Weather, wind
BILOXI — Blighted buildings are coming down in Biloxi. The Sun Herald reports the city council approved inspections yesterday of six more blighted buildings, including the White House Hotel. Jerry Creel, community development director, says his department wants the owners of the White House to remove the steel beams on the west side of the [...] [...]
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