Mississippi Business Journal » youth sports 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 Mayor wants tax increase to pay for sportsplex http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/mayor-wants-tax-increase-to-pay-for-sportsplex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayor-wants-tax-increase-to-pay-for-sportsplex http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/mayor-wants-tax-increase-to-pay-for-sportsplex/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:12:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74340 BRANDON — Mayor Butch Lee is proposing a 2 percent additional tax on food and beverage sales at Brandon restaurants to pay for a multi-field complex focused on baseball. He says the goals are to allow the city’s Shiloh Park to convert more to soccer and girls fast-pitch softball. He tells The Clarion-Ledger a sportsplex would [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/supervisors-dissolve-board-in-anticipation-of-new-commission/feed/ 0 Council approves construction of Sportsplex facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/15/council-approves-construction-of-sportsplex-facility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=council-approves-construction-of-sportsplex-facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/15/council-approves-construction-of-sportsplex-facility/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:21:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=48532 LAUREL — The Laurel City Council has approved the construction of a nearly $300,000 facility at the Laurel Sportsplex in preparation for the 2013 World Series. The Laurel Leader-Call reports the city will host the 2013 Dixie Youth World Series and the 2013 Dixie Youth O-Zone World Series. The city will use the money to [...]

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