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Read the November 21st issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:23:52 +0000

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 [...]

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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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Farish Street signs up B.B. King’s Blues Club

Ted Carter — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:46:00 +0000

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 [...]

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Farish Street Renaissance?

Stephen McDill — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:18:45 +0000

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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