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Catering is key at Business After Hours

Stephen McDill — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:58 +0000

Monique Davis, owner of Lumpkin’s BBQ in Jackson, is looking forward to doing business again at this year’s “Business After Hours” at the 2012 Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and lasts until around 8 at the Mississippi Trade Mart. “We are hanging on,” Davis said. “We always [...]

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Watkins: Farish still on track

Clay Chandler — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:00:23 +0000

David Watkins wants to be clear: Farish Street is on schedule for the major tenants of its first block to open late this year. The project has not stalled for lack of money, as was reported in the Clarion-Ledger last week. Watkins, who is developing the historic district into a Beale Street-like mix of clubs [...]

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Jackson will soon know fate

Ted Carter — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:00:53 +0000

Officials: Requirement for sales tax oversight panel will doom voter approval to rebuild infrastructure Jackson’s single biggest hope for paying for a desperately needed water and sewer system overhaul rests with a special option sales tax that would require 60 percent voter approval. That’s not going to happen as long as the legislation authorizing the [...]

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Standard Life Building Reopens

Stephen McDill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:01:53 +0000

Watkins Development of Jackson and New Orleans-based HRI Properties prepare for tenant move in day at the historic Standard Life Building in downtown Jackson.

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Standard building on track; no comment on Riverwalk

Clay Chandler — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:01:52 +0000

Riverwalk and Town Lake would feature a mile-long, concrete lined canal in Jackson The second of Jackson developer David Watkins’ downtown renovation projects is still on track to meet its target completion date. Brad Franklin, director of entertainment for Watkins Partners, said last week that the 21-story historic Standard Life office building that will [...]

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Handing over the project

Clay Chandler — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:01:09 +0000

Despite rough economy, David Watkins believes Riverwalk could become a reality In December, Jackson developer David Watkins unveiled plans for Riverwalk and Town Lake, an ambitious project that would feature a mile-long, concrete-lined canal that starts at Farish Street and ends at Court Street, where it would empty into a 35-acre lake that connected to [...]

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