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Downtown group terminates leader — again

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:33:43 +0000

COLUMBUS — The group that promotes commercial development in downtown Columbus has fired it director and will launch a search for her replacement. The Commercial Dispatch reports it’s the second time in less than six months that Main Street Columbus is looking for a new director. The group’s board said in a statement that Nickie [...]

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Delta city officials ask lawmakers again for lodging tax

Associated Press — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:41:16 +0000

GREENWOOD — Officials have asked the Legislature to approve a 2-cent increase in the local lodging tax so the city of Greenwood can renovated a local warehouse into a convention center. It will be third time the city has asked for the increase. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports both previous times the request for a lodging [...]

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City mulling public transit system using Indiana company

Associated Press — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:15:23 +0000

COLUMBUS — City of Columbus officials want to talk with the owner of a Lawrence, Ind., bus company with the possibility of providing a local public transportation service. The Commercial Dispatch 10 buses might be available for a Columbus-area transit system. Travis Jones, the city’s director of federal programs, says Criss Reeding, owner of Lawrence [...]

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