D’IBERVILLE — A 2 percent tax could be added to the checks at D’Iberville restaurants.
The council will vote today to ask the Legislature for permission to charge a tax at city restaurants and bars.
City Manager Michael Janus tells The Sun Herald that the new tax is similar to one Ocean Springs adopted. The money generated [...] [...]
WEBSTER COUNTY and STURGIS — The Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA’s) Community Services Division recently awarded approximately $35,000 in CDBG Emergency Public Facilities funds for two improvement projects in Mississippi.
To receive CDBG Emergency Public Facilities funding, a project must demonstrate urgency due to existing conditions that pose a threat to the health or welfare of a [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA’s) Community Service Division recently awarded CDBG Community Self-Help, CDBG Economic Development (CDBG ED) and Capital Improvement Revolving (CAP) Loan Program funding for eight improvement projects located throughout the state.
CDBG Community Self-Help funds are designed to address local community needs such as water, wastewater, downtown improvements and recreation. [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA’s) Community Services Division recently awarded Small Municipalities and Limited Population County Grant (SMPLC) Program funds for 54 improvement projects throughout Mississippi.
The SMLPC Grant Program provides funding for community-based projects and counties to assist with public facilities and infrastructure needs.
The awards totaled over $5 million.
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Riverwalk could transform Capital City over next decade, but will Jackson, mayor be on board for the expedition?
Waterfront property around the Reservoir in Madison and Rankin counties is among the most valued in the Jackson metro area.
If developer David Watkins has his way, downtown Jackson will eventually have waterfront real estate of its own.
At a [...] [...]
GRENADA — You can add Grenada to the growing list of Mississippi cities designated as a Downtown Network Member Community.
Grenada joins the cities of Eupora and Newton as a member of the DNMB, sponsored by the Mississippi Main Street Association. The dedication ceremony will be held on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Orleans Bistro on [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the recipients of the 2009 Round of New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) allocations, the law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis reports.
The awarded allocation amounts ranged from $4 million to $115 million. Six of the allocatees with a national service area have [...] [...]
JACKSON — The City of Jackson had numerous mixed-use development projects on the books before the recession came along and stalled them. However, the first of those pre-recession projects is officially underway, and leaders expect it to have a positive ripple effect throughout the downtown district.
Officials broke ground this morning for the first phase of [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Higher Education Initiative (MSHEI) is receiving more than $119,000 to assist eight counties in the north and central parts of the state considered economically “at risk.”
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently awarded a supplemental grant to the Mississippi State University-based initiative. Launched last year in 12 other ARC-designated “distressed” counties, [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — The City of Pascagoula is featured in Where to Retire magazine. The Nov./Dec. 2009 issue profiles eight cities and towns with moderating economies or lower-than-average unemployment rates that it deems worthy of this honor.
Along with Pascagoula, the list features: Rapid City, S.D.; Billings, Mt.; Baton Rouge, La.; Bradenton, Fla.; Boulder, Col.; Portland, Maine; [...] [...]
