Mississippi Business Journal » Jackson City Council http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 17:03:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Civic and arts leaders rallying to give aging Thalia Mara a fix up http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/civic-and-arts-leaders-rallying-to-give-aging-thalia-mara-a-fix-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civic-and-arts-leaders-rallying-to-give-aging-thalia-mara-a-fix-up http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/civic-and-arts-leaders-rallying-to-give-aging-thalia-mara-a-fix-up/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:48:19 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=54306 It’s said Jackson’s Thalia Mara Hall hasn’t got a bad seat in the house. But seats that are in bad shape? Those are about as plentiful as the number of days that make up the Broadway run of the “Phantom of the Opera.” Since its opening in 1968 as the Jackson Municipal Auditorium, the City-owned [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/civic-and-arts-leaders-rallying-to-give-aging-thalia-mara-a-fix-up/feed/ 0 Bond deadline looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bond-deadline-looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:52 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=49777 A decision by Jackson City Council Monday (Dec. 19) to build a 16-floor, $96 million convention center hotel will hand Mayor Harvey Johnson a signature victory but a thumbs down from the council will give him a serious setback. The city put the deal on a fast-track to enable proposed development partner Transcontinental Realty Investments [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/feed/ 0 Reluctance to be first makes food trucks no shows for now http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/04/reluctance-to-be-first-makes-food-trucks-no-shows-for-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reluctance-to-be-first-makes-food-trucks-no-shows-for-now http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/04/reluctance-to-be-first-makes-food-trucks-no-shows-for-now/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:00:45 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=49291 Monique Davis, who doubles as owner and chef of Lumpkins Barbeque on Raymond Road, thought about taking her barbecue and Southern cuisine on the road after the Jackson City Council gave the green light for food trucks to operate in the city. But she’s doing what it seems other potential food truck operators are also [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/04/reluctance-to-be-first-makes-food-trucks-no-shows-for-now/feed/ 0 Eastover mixed-use development, including hotel, clears major obstacle http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/eastover-mixed-use-development-including-hotel-clears-major-obstacle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eastover-mixed-use-development-including-hotel-clears-major-obstacle http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/eastover-mixed-use-development-including-hotel-clears-major-obstacle/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:00:32 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=46413 The District at Eastover, a $110 million mixed-use development on the site of Jackson’s Old Blind School, appears to have cleared one of its last major hurdles. In late August, the Jackson City Council approved a zoning request from developer Ted Duckworth that would allow for a combination of retail, office space, residential units and [...]

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