by MBJ Staff Published: November 18,2011
Tags: Blue Springs, Corolla, education bubble, Farish Street, MBJ Digital Edition, Sarah Palin, Toyota
In this week’s MBJ — THE COLLEGE BUBBLE: Amy McCullough takes a look at whether a college education in Mississippi is even relevant any more. Also in this week’s paper: >> THE HILLS ARE ALIVE! Find out what shocking discovery Toyota ran across in its first Corolla to come off the line at the new [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: June 12,2011
Tags: 15-year lease, B.B. King Blues Club, Ben Allen, David Watkins, Downtown Jackson Partners, Farish Street, Flagrant Sports Lounge and a cigar store, Itta Bena restaurant, Zac Harmon’s Subway Lounge
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 [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: May 24,2011
Tags: B.B. King Blues Club, Beale Street Blues Co. Inc., Farish Street, Tommy Peters, Watkins Development
Look for the New Year to bring a return of live blues to Jackson’s Farish Street with the opening of Mississippi’s first B.B. King’s Blues Club, says Tommy Peters, president of Memphis-based Beale Street Blues Co. Inc. Beale Street Blues Co.’s recent signing of a 15-year lease on the former Star Laundry building on Farish [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: April 18,2011
Tags: Farish Street, Watkins Development
JACKSON- Watkins Development is the latest commercial developer to tackle Jackson’s economically barren Farish Street. MBJ-TV and MBJ staff writer Ted Carter get a behind-the-scenes look at the historic district’s first block of scheduled renovations [...]
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