Mississippi Business Journal » City of Jackson http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Construction to start by year’s end on Eastover development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/construction-to-start-by-year%e2%80%99s-end-on-eastover-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=construction-to-start-by-year%25e2%2580%2599s-end-on-eastover-development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/construction-to-start-by-year%e2%80%99s-end-on-eastover-development/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:35 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=53426 Developers of The District at Eastover in Northeast Jackson finally own the site for the mixed-use project. Ted Duckworth and Breck Hines, co-owners of the The District Land Development Co., bought the 21-acre Old Blind School site from the state for $3.3 million. The deal closed Feb. 24. Hines said in an interview last week [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/jackson-set-to-bet-40m-from-general-fund-on-half-ownership-of-convention-center-hotel/feed/ 0 MAP: Water line breaks and repairs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/13/map-water-line-breaks-and-repairs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=map-water-line-breaks-and-repairs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/13/map-water-line-breaks-and-repairs/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:54:13 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=17554 CLICK HERE to view the interactive map provided by the City of Jackson showing broken water lines. Broken and repaired water lines are distinguished by red and green colored stars.

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