Mississippi Business Journal » Mayor Harvey Johnson http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Jackson set to bet $40M from general fund on half ownership of convention center hotel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/jackson-set-to-bet-40m-from-general-fund-on-half-ownership-of-convention-center-hotel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jackson-set-to-bet-40m-from-general-fund-on-half-ownership-of-convention-center-hotel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/jackson-set-to-bet-40m-from-general-fund-on-half-ownership-of-convention-center-hotel/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:00:09 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=42435 Jackson taxpayers could soon be on the hook for more than $40 million of a $94-million convention hotel. But the city, so far, cannot guarantee it’s making a sound investment. City officials have not done a feasibility study of a new hotel near the convention center. Instead, they are relying on a market study commissioned [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/jackson-set-to-bet-40m-from-general-fund-on-half-ownership-of-convention-center-hotel/feed/ 0 MBJ Editorial: Mr. Mayor, no fade-aways as you take shot at downtown arena http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/mr-mayor-no-fade-aways-as-you-take-shot-at-downtown-arena/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-mayor-no-fade-aways-as-you-take-shot-at-downtown-arena http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/mr-mayor-no-fade-aways-as-you-take-shot-at-downtown-arena/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:00:31 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=35913 Welcome, Mayor Harvey Johnson, to another test of how well you can do in making downtown Jackson the living, breathing and thriving locale you and your constituents want it to become. You pursued the test, so you obviously feel you have the right stuff to pass it. Just before the Christmas holiday you moved in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/mr-mayor-no-fade-aways-as-you-take-shot-at-downtown-arena/feed/ 0 Chamber’s new leader wants more proof on arena’s viability http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/21/chamber%e2%80%99s-new-leader-wants-more-proof-on-arena%e2%80%99s-viability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chamber%25e2%2580%2599s-new-leader-wants-more-proof-on-arena%25e2%2580%2599s-viability http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/21/chamber%e2%80%99s-new-leader-wants-more-proof-on-arena%e2%80%99s-viability/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:48:35 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=35903 Former chair Jonathan Lee had urged supporters to ignore the nay-sayers As Jackson Chamber of Commerce chair, Jonathan Lee urged supporters of an $80-million-plus downtown arena to “ignore those who say it can’t be done.” Lee called a Jackson arena an exercise in “expanding our realm of possibilities” and said no better bet could be [...]

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