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‘Concrete plan’: Here’s where the Charles Tisdale Library could be relocated

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - More than seven years after it closed, a popular North Jackson library could soon have a new home.

This week, the Jackson Public Schools School Board accepted a proposal from Redeemer Church to purchase the now-empty Chastain Middle School.

As part of that proposal, the Charles Tisdale Library would be located in the middle school’s sixth-grade building.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Jackson City Council Finance Committee agreed to set aside $1.5 million in Zurich American Insurance settlement funds to remodel the facility for the library.

Jackson/Hinds Library System Board of Trustees Chairman Peyton Smith says library officials are “ecstatic” about the votes, but said more details still must be worked out before the plan comes to fruition.

“To have a concrete plan and funding in place is really a positive step in the right direction,” he said. “It’s not final, but it’s definitely the plan everyone is working toward.”

The JPS Board of Trustees accepted the Redeemer’s proposal Tuesday night. The board also accepted a proposal from New Horizon Church International to purchase the Wingfield High School property.

Chastain and Wingfield were closed as part of the district’s consolidation plans. JPS issued a request for proposals seeking to sell the properties for the best and highest use.

Board Attorney Dorian Turner said the district will now negotiate terms of the purchases, and bring back contracts for final approval.

JPS Board President Ed Sivak said Redeemer had a strong proposal and appreciated the community development aspects of it. However, he was concerned about Redeemer’s plans to continue to grow the Redeemer School.

“Redeemer currently has 140 students and would like to expand to 150,” he said. “One thing I would ask is if the Redeemer proposal is approved, would you be willing to go back to speak with Redeemer to limit enrollment to its current size? If we allow for the expansion, and our students would potentially be the students are most likely to attend, that’s $1.5 million to $2 million a year.”

Sivak was basing his calculation on the $16,000-per-student allocation from the state.

Superintendent Dr. Errick Greene said he would be willing to talk with Redeemer further. “It’d be important for all of us to understand that, for sure on our side if those additional scholars were to come from current JPS enrolled scholars... what the financial implication of that would be.”

Jackson/Hinds abandoned Tisdale back in 2017 after flooding in the basement led to the growth of black mold in the facility. In 2022, the branch was torn down after years of being ransacked and vandalized by the homeless.

The city for years had been discussing relocating the popular branch, but nothing materialized. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba wanted to use a portion of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to move Tisdale to the Batte Furniture building, but those funds were repurposed for water and sewer following the 2022 water crisis.

Meanwhile, other libraries in the city have also fallen into disrepair, including the Richard Wright, Medgar Evers, Willie Morris, and Eudora Welty branches.

Richard Wright was abandoned by JHLS last year after the building was vandalized multiple times in a matter of months. Welty was deeded over to be torn down after it was closed indefinitely due to a lack of air conditioning. And Evers had been open only part-time due to a lack of air conditioning there. The branch has since been reopened full-time with the installation of a temporary HVAC.

According to the Northside Sun, emergency repairs were approved by the city council for Morris back in August to repair damage caused by a pipe burst more than a year and a half ago.


Vandals spray-painted walls inside the Richard Wright Library last year. (Floyd Council)
“We have a lot of challenges as a library system that we face,” Smith said. “We’re working to get closed libraries back open, and we’re working to [make sure] our existing facilities don’t deteriorate to the degree these closed ones have deteriorated to.”

During budget deliberations, JHLS Executive Director Floyd Council asked for an additional $50,000 for building maintenance.

Council President Virgi Lindsay later recommended setting aside $2.5 million in Zurich American Insurance settlement funds to create a building endowment for the system.

On Thursday, the council approved setting aside $1.5 million for that purpose. Lindsay said those funds would go into an account already established with the Community Foundation for Mississippi.

Once the endowment is set up, JHLS would be able to use the interest generated by the $1.5 million to make annual repairs. Meanwhile, groups like the Friends of the Library can help grow the account, which would increase the amount the system would have each year to make reinvestments.

“For the city to step up and make this long-term commitment to the library, if the city follows through, we’re going to be grateful,” Smith said. “It’s not a solution to the problem. It’s a beginning, a major first step.”

The council still must approve the expenditures as part of the city’s overall 2025 budget. That vote is expected to take place at a special meeting on Monday.

https://www.wlbt.com/2024/09/06/conc...-be-relocated/

WORK FORCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON AMAZON’S DATA CENTERS

The number of construction workers bringing to life the largest economic development project in the history of Mississippi continues to increase.

About 125 workers are on site at the Ridgeland location and another 300 to 400 workers are on the job at the mega site, said Joey Deason, executive director of the Madison County Economic Development Authority.

Earlier this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a $10 billion investment in Madison County that includes constructing multiple data center complexes in two of the county’s industrial parks and committing to 1,000 jobs with salaries averaging $70,000 annually.

One data center complex will be located in Ridgeland on 750 acres at Highland Colony Parkway and West County Line Road and the other on 1,000 acres that are part of the county’s mega site at 1978 Highway 22.

The first building at the mega site is expected to be operational in 2025.

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The new data centers will contain computer servers, data storage drives, networking equipment and other forms of technology infrastructure used to power cloud computing.

Three general contractors are employed between the two sites. They are Gray Construction of Lexington, Kentucky; Yates-Turner Construction, a joint venture between Mississippi-based Yates Construction and Turner Construction; and Haskel Construction of Jacksonville, Florida.

MMR of Baton Rouge received the first electrical package for the mega site centers, Deason said, and is working with Gray Construction, he said.

“There should be 800 electricians working within the next few months at the mega site,” Deason said.

Lloyd Munn, executive director of the Mississippi Association of General Contractors, said work will filter out from the general or prime contractors to subcontractors or artisan contractors, skilled tradespeople who use specialized tools, materials or knowledge to perform specific tasks on a project.



“Even though Yates has staff and people employed, a lot of their people are project managers, making sure the subcontractors are carrying out their end of it,” he said. “Most of it is going to be done by subcontractors.”

Subcontractors will handle tasks such as pouring the foundation of the centers, putting up dry wall in the centers and paving sidewalks, he said, to just name a few examples.

Munn said he was ecstatic to hear about the construction of the data centers.

“We like our local economy and local people to have the work,” he said. “Not only can they carry out the craftsmanship, but they can do it safely. Our contractors in Mississippi put a lot of time into the safety of their employees and hold everybody accountable for a safe job site.”

Deason expects the number of construction workers at the mega site to greatly grow in the next two months.

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“By the end of September, there will be 2,000 workers at the mega site,” he said.

Many of those workers will live in campers that they will park at RV parks, Munn said, or make use of extended-stay hotels.

“A lot of out-of-town contractors are used to being on site months at a time,” he said. “It’s no different than those who work in the oils fields. A lot of them will have a travel trailer or such and rent at a local RV park for long periods, just like anyone else.”

Contractors have learned to be flexible with their employees when they work out of town and offer time off after several weeks because that’s something some employees want, Munn said. “They take care of their employees, make sure they have benefits and try to make sure they have time off,” he said.

The presence of the project’s contractors and subcontractors, who will be spending money for various needs, is expected to boost the local economy.

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“It’s everything from RV parks to convenience stores to grocery stores,” Munn said. “It’s no different from having a big festival or a sports event. It raises the economy.”

Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee agrees that the construction project will be positive for the local economy. “I believe that not only do you see an impact on restaurants and the purchase of fuel, but I believe it has a positive impact on retail shops,” he said.

The Legislature appropriated $44 million to the project, none of which will be used for facility construction. Of that, $32 million is directed for workforce training through community colleges and other workforce programs with the rest to get the project off the ground. The state also will provide a loan of $215 million primarily for sewer improvements and for other infrastructure work.

Bill Cork, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, indicated a study by the state economist projects the state should recover funds it committed to the project within 10 months.

Gerald Steen, president of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, expects AWS to deliver on everything it has promised “plus some that hasn’t been discussed yet.”

The Madison County Schools and the Canton Public School District as well as the city of Ridgeland are expected to greatly benefit from the millions of dollars that they will receive from the fee Amazon will pay in lieu of taxes.

Deason expects the investment by Amazon Web Services to surpass the $10 billion mark.

“I think $10 billion is a conservative number,” he said. “I think there will be more from AWS.”

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New $27 million assisted-living facility set to open. See where and when

The Cabot Lodge Hotel was a staple of the Ridgeland area for more than 30 years, but had been closed for nearly two years before Patel and his company envisioned this opportunity.

"There were some unforeseen hiccups, since we were readapting an existing building, but nothing we could handle," he said. "We really had to take the entire facility down to the studs and start over again. Obviously, going from a hotel to an assisted-living facility are two totally different things and we had to make sure we were catering to the people who would be living with us there. It was a block and concrete building. We took everything out, mechanical, electrical, the plumbing, the roof, everything."

After stripping it down, Wealth Hospitality went back in and added an addition in the rear of the facility to allow for a larger kitchen area, an expansive dining area, a salon and a theater area for more activities.

This is just one of many projects Wealth Hospitality has going at the moment.



Ground is expected to be broken on a $25 million 111-room boutique-style Hampton Inn with first-floor retail and dining space along State Street between the Station pizza restaurant and Pig and Pint BBQ during the first quarter of 2025.

Patel and Wealth Hospitality also own and developed the 108-room Holiday Inn Express in Ridgeland, which was completed in Spring 2024 at a cost of $16 million and is working on building a 98-room Tru By Hilton next door to that.

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Last phase of $7 million Belwood levee project breaks ground

Cutline 1 — From left, District 5 Supervisor Warren Gaines, District 3 Supervisor Angela Hutchins, Glenn Green, Natchez businessman and vice president of Natchez Inc., Ward 6 Alderman Curtis Moroney, President Kevin Wilson of the Adams County Board of Supervisors, Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson, Jeff McDaniel of Velocys, B.J. Carlin of Womack Construction, which is building the levee, Doug Wimberly of Neel-Schaffer Engineering, Natchez Inc. Executive Director Chandler Russ, David Rose with Entergy and District 4 Supervisor Ricky Gray. (Submitted)

NATCHEZ — Ground was symbolically broken Thursday morning on the last phase of the almost $7 million project to complete the levee around the former Belwood Country Club property. The property is under option by Velocys, which plans to construct its Bayou Biofuels facility there. County, city, economic development, and business leaders, along with Velocys officials, met at the Adams County Port headquarters to kick off the last piece of the puzzle to “close the ring” around the site, as Natchez Inc. Executive Director Chandler Russ calls it, creating one of the most valuable and desirable industrial sites along the Mississippi River.

Glenn Green, president of Natchez Now and vice president of Natchez Inc., provided a history of the property before officials grabbed their golden shovels. “Adams County purchased the 192 Belwood site in the 1990s,” Green said. “It flooded every year.” In about 2010, a company named KiOR paid Adams County a non-refundable option of $250,000. However, Green said its business plan never came together, and “the county was left with the $250,000 in its general fund.”

Russ said KiOR also spent about $2 million clearing and grubbing the site, tearing down the old Belwood Country Club clubhouse, and leveling the property. Green said Natchez Inc. set about figuring out a plan for a levee-protected industrial site in about 2014. In 2016, the county received $2 million from the Delta Regional Authority to begin the first phase of the levee construction, which began in 2017. In 2019, the county received $1 million from the Mississippi Legislature for the project and an additional $1 million from the legislature after COVID-19. In 2022, the county and Natchez Inc. sought and were approved for a $1.95 million Mississippi Development Authority Site Development Grant. In addition to its $1.4 million in option payments to the county, Velocys has paid $1.2 million toward the levee project. “Velocys is ready to build a state of the art biofuels plant on the site,” Green said. “The county has received approximately $7 million for engineering, construction and design at the site with almost no match of county funds. When the project is complete, what we will be left with is one of the most attractive industrial development sites on the Mississippi River. It’s got a port, it’s got rail, it’s got industrial electric, natural gas, water and sewer. It’s been a long road to get here, but it is worth the journey.” “It’s a good day for Adams County,” said Kevin Wilson, president of the Adams County Board of Supervisors. “This is going to be huge for Natchez and Adams County both.” Wilson said when he ran for his first term as supervisor, he campaigned on the need for change in Adams County. “The change I was speaking of is being sick of seeing our children go off to college, marrying someone there and never coming back to Natchez. Then, they have children and the grandparents leave Natchez to go be near their grandchildren. I understand wanting to do that. I have grandchildren of my own. But if we don’t have something like this that will pay good salaries, our children won’t come back. I am happy to see this happen today and look forward to several other projects that are in development,” Wilson said. Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson echoed Wilson’s remarks about it being a good day for Natchez and Adams County. “While everyone wants to doubt, and I know sometimes it’s easier to doubt than it is to have faith, here we are. Velocys is happening. And in fact, we’ve had good news just these last couple of days on the Eola project,” Gibson said. “We are definitely going in the right direction now.” Jeff McDaniel, vice president of new projects for Velocys, a United Kingdom-based Company, knows that the Belwood site is a good one. “When we first came here, we evaluated 11 other different sites across Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama and we chose this one. We chose this one because of everything it has going for it. It has the infrastructure, It’s here at the port. It has abundant pine plantations in the area which haven’t had a customer in a long time and we are going to be that customer,” McDaniel said. ”This plant will bring in 5,000 tons a day of woody biomass from within a 75 mile radius and that’s an awful lot of forestry jobs that will be created.” McDaniel said Velocys has received great support from the State of Mississippi and here. He explained that Velocys has developed a way to take materials that are of little value today and turn them into fuel that is of great value. “The process uses the parts of the tree you can’t turn into lumber, like branches and thinnings. That’s what we will bring into the site,” McDaniel said. “Mother Nature makes it very hard to convert wood chips into jet fuel. There are a lot of steps to make that happen, but that’s what we have done and perfected. We have demonstrated that at two different sites, both here in the U.S. and in Japan. We’ve produced jet fuel. We’ve put it in a plane and we’ve flown with it.” He said Velocys has secured contracts with Southwest Airlines and the parent company of British Airways to purchase all of the jet fuel it can produce for 10 years on a long-term, fixed-price contract. “It will be a big plant that will create good jobs. It will create high-paying, steady jobs,” He said Bayou Biofuels is expected to create approximately 100 jobs at the Adams County plant. An additional 300 forestry jobs will be created to meet the company’s demand for woody biomass. “These are the kind of jobs that will keep families here in Natchez,” McDaniel said.

https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2024...breaks-ground/

Historic hospital demolished

The historic Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital has been demolished with work crews anticipating being finished with debris clean-up by the end of the week. As the sound of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, many citizens were saddened to see a part of history slowly being erased. “I knew the building was too far gone to save,” said one man, watching the…
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New road construction

New road construction in the southern hills of Carroll County on County Road 148 is underway. Supervisor Claude Fluker, who is also working on more paving projects in the future, said this is a very busy artery in District 4. S and S Construction of Grenada is doing the Soil Cement and J.J. Ferguson Sand and Gravel is doing the matt and seal. “The District 4 road crew did the…
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The Winterville Mounds are open

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The Greenville Airport took a bigger hit from the storm than thought

High winds on Aug. 18 had severe consequences for the Greenville Airport.

At last week's regular city council meeting during the department reports Interim Director Chontina Smith thanked the city and county for two Zero-turn mowers and two generators for the wells at the airport.

“Right now with the recent storm we still don’t have power or water,” Smith said. “We’re kinda down right now but hopefully when the next storm comes we’ll be prepared and ready.”

Vice Mayor and Councilman Vernon Greenlee, said when the storm came through it impacted the Vector Disease Control building.

“It destroyed the building and knocked out the wells at the airport, so we’ve been in dire straits after that,” Greenlee said. “But thanks to the fire chief and Jermain Thornton’s guy in Public Works they’ve got everything in town, downed trees and the stuff at the airport, taken care of, it was pretty rough.”

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In a phone interview, Smith said they weren’t sure what happened to the building at the airport, but it looked like something inside might have exploded.
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Welcome Addition

The Keep Morton Beautiful Committee And the Morton Chamber of Commerce unveiled their newest contribution to the town last week. This beautiful Panther on the Highway 80 end wall of BWK Auto Parts is the work of artist Deborah Grayson, and a “welcome” addition to downtown.
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September Yard of the Month

Joyce Hughes of the Pine Needle Garden Club presents the September Yard of the Month to Libby Simmons Best and Dave Best. | Photo by Joshua Campbell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024



Joyce Hughes of the Pine Needle Garden Club presents the September Yard of the Month to Libby Simmons Best and Dave Best. Their yard on Broad Street features beautiful old trees and an array of flowers. The Bests do a lot of the yard work themselves.

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The Ever-Shrinking Jackson Zoo

Jackson's zoological collection shrunk by half in only six years.
JJ reported on May 10, 2018 the Jackson Zoo had a collection of 338 animals.



Unfortunately, the collection shrunk to 160 animals in July, a reduction of 47% in just six years. The inventories from March 2018 and July 2024 are included in this post. Read and weep.



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New minor league baseball team coming to Pearl and Trustmark Park. See details

Sunday's final regular season home game for the Mississippi Braves will not mean an end to professional baseball in Central Mississippi.

In a surprise announcement issued between a doubleheader played between the Braves and the Tennessee Smokies Saturday night, Pearl Mayor Jake Windham announced a new team affiliated with the Frontier League will begin playing at Trustmark Park in 2025.

The new team will be part of a 17-team Frontier League. No name has been released for the new baseball team, which will not be affiliated with a major league squad.

"We have fought long and hard for baseball here. The Braves have been a part of our community for 20 years and we wish the well," Windham said.

The new owner was introduced as Joe Engis also, who is also the owner of the Gary Southshore RailCats baseball team based in Gary, Indiana.

According to a biography at the RailCats website, Eng is an experienced technology executive and currently a member of the executive team at Billtrust, a business and finance software developer, where he is responsible for product and technology for the business. He has a passion for sports and baseball that goes back to childhood.

"Mississippi has great baseball culture," Eng said to a crowd of around 4,000 fans. "And we are so excited to bring the Frontier League to Trustmark Park."

The commissioner of the Frontier League is Steve Tahsler. The league began in 1993.

The name of the new team has not yet been chosen and fans will be able to vote for the team's name by going to www.ondeck2025.com. Voting will take place between Sept. 9 through Sept. 27 with the new name expected to be announced in early October.

After 20 years, the Double-A Mississippi Braves, which are owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings, are moving to Columbus, Georgia and the Braves' lease at 8,480-seat Trustmark Park is up at the end of this season, which comes to a close Sept. 15.

The Braves are scheduled to play their final regular season home game on Sunday afternoon, but could still host a playoff game.

More details on the new team will be released Monday.

The Frontier League is one of the seven independent baseball leagues across North America, and is one of the four leagues considered as an MLB Partner League. The league is headquartered in Sauget, Illinois.

The league is currently contested by 16 teams including three in Canada, who are evenly divided into two divisions. The Mississippi team will be the league's 17th team with a yet-unannounced 18th team planned for 2025.

After playing a regular season of matches against intra- and inter-division opponents, the best three teams in each conference face off in a postseason tournament that determines the champion.

Teams in the Frontier League must recruit and sign their own players, who usually are undrafted college players or one-time prospects who have been released by their teams.

Frontier League rules limit teams to three veterans (players older than 29 years), while a minimum of 10 of the 24-man roster are required to be rookies.

Typically, teams play a 96-game regular season from May to September.


Trend of minor league baseball

The trend in minor league baseball in recent years has been for the Major League franchises affiliated with the teams to move the minor league teams closer to the main office. Moving the Mississippi Braves to Columbus gets the Double-A franchise closer to Atlanta. While that is not always the case, it is happening more and more often.

It has been the story of minor league baseball in the metro area. The former Jackson Mets, which played in Smith-Wills Stadium on Lakeland Drive were moved in 1990 to Binghamton, New York to be closer to the parent club. Jackson was able to recruit a Houston Astros affiliate for the 1991 season, where it stayed until the end of the 2000 season, when the Astros moved the team to Texas to be closer to the parent club.

Smith-Wills Stadium will play host to the new Legacy League next summer. The new collegiate summer league will have several celebrity owners, including Dusty Baker, Brian Jordan, Andruw Jones and former NBA star Tracy McGrady.
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...s/75127677007/

Thousands of visitors attend annual plane and auto show

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MADISON, Miss. —

Thousands of plane and car enthusiasts poured out for the final day of the sixth annual Hangar Hangover show in Madison.
The event kicked off Friday at Bruce Campbell Field on Old Canton Road. On that day, eventgoers had the chance to attend a preparty from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, a car and aviation show was held from noon to 8 p.m.
The two-day spectacle featured meet-and-greets with pilots, city officials and more. It also featured World War II planes and specialty aircraft that eventgoers could watch pilots take off, fly and land.

The organizer of the event, Roddy Merritt, said the show granted pilots the chance to connect with the Madison community. Merritt also said that it's "a great experience to understand that this community supports each other."

Organizers hope for next year's event to have double the planes, cars and visitors.
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LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators, closing more stores. See where in Mississippi

LL Flooring, formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, has announced it will close all 400 of its stores nationwide, including four in Mississippi and one on County Line Road in Jackson.

In an announcement Wednesday, the company said talks to find a buyer failed to draw an offer with “the necessary financing that would maximize the value of the company.” As a result, the company decided the sale of its “individual assets” would most benefit its creditors.

“It is with a heavy heart that we must let you know that we are going to begin the process of winding down LL Flooring’s business and closing all of our stores,” LL Flooring President and CEO Charles Tyson said in a statement. “This is not the outcome that any of us had hoped for.”

Earlier in August, it was reported that LL Flooring would close 94 stores in more than 30 states as it filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. One of those was in Hattiesburg.

The company said that it is nearly $110 million in long-term debt in filings made in Delaware bankruptcy court.

The Richmond, Virginia-based company said in the filings that slowing home sales and rising interest rates contributed to slower sales in the home improvement market.

“We sincerely appreciate the loyalty of our customers over the last three decades, and as we begin to wind down operations and close our stores, we are committed to doing so as smoothly as possible to minimize the impact on you, our associates and the communities we serve,” Tyson said.

According to the company, if you have already ordered an installation, it will be fulfilled within 30 days, though it will no longer accept installation orders.

Additionally, gift cards will be accepted until Sept. 19.
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TrustCare opens 3 clinics in Madison

MADISON — A new TrustCare Health facility here is the first of its kind to offer three individual clinics in one building.

TrustCare Urgent Care, TrustCare Primary Care, and TrustCare Kids Pediatric Care are the three clinics.

The facility opened earlier this summer in the old Rite Aid building in the southwest corner of U.S. 51 and Hoy Road, and TrustCare officials will celebrate with a ribbon cutting later this month.

According to TrustCare President and CEO Warren Herring, the vision for TrustCare clinics began in 2012 with the recognition that most Mississippians could not receive prompt medical care seven days a week.


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“TrustCare understands that at any moment outside the hours of a typical business day, an illness or injury to a family member can occur,” Herring said.

He said this forced families to waste time and money in the emergency room for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries.

“If the condition is non-life-threatening, all any of us want is to be healed quickly and avoid a trip to the emergency room,” Herring said.

The recent addition of primary care and pediatric care clinics to the TrustCare Health brand has elevated their offerings to a more “holistic level of care” catering to all patients of all ages and needs.

“This new three-in-one facility will go a long way towards helping patients of all ages from Madison and the surrounding communities get the quality healthcare they need and begin feeling better faster,” Herring said.

The Madison TrustCare Kids is the third to open since TrustCare Kids in Gluckstadt in 2021 and TrustCare Kids Crossgates in Brandon in 2023.

TrustCare pediatrician Dr. Megan Washington has relocated from the Gluckstadt clinic to Madison to offer patients from newborn to college-age treatment for ear infections, allergic reactions, and acute and chronic injuries, as well as sports physicals, vision screenings, and well-child check-ups.

The interior design includes “fun and engaging” themes and features like animal-themed rooms, interactive games, and Kirby the TrustCare Bear.

The clinic offers pediatric urgent care from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. They also offer primary care from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Herring said this is so working parents can access care for their children.

The new TrustCare Urgent Care clinic here is the ninth in the central Mississippi region. It features “experienced, highly trained providers” offering services ranging from treatment of injuries, illnesses, infections, and allergic reactions to digital x-rays, wellness exams, and business services such as employee physicals and drug testing.

The clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

TrustCare Primary Care offers “tailored preventative health and well-being strategies aimed at helping every patient achieve a brighter, healthier future.”

Herring said Dr. Kristi Trimm, one of the area’s best primary care physicians and TrustCare’s Medical Director, has relocated her practice from the Township in Ridgeland to the new Madison location. Her services include wellness and general care, treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, and disease prevention.
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Absentee voting to open in Mississippi ahead of November General Election

Races on the ballot this cycle include President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state judicial races and other local elections.

Absentee voting opens at all Circuit Clerks office in Mississippi no later than September 23rd ahead of the November 5th General Election.

The in-person absentee voting deadline in November 2nd.

Circuit Clerk offices will be open around the state for normal business hours 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday as well as 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday, October 26th and Saturday,
November 2nd.

Races on the ballot this cycle include President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state judicial races and other local elections.

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office reminded voters Friday that all wishing to cast a ballot, whether in-person or absentee, must complete voter registration by October 7, 2024. All mail-in voter registrations must be postmarked by October 7, 2024.
Who Can Vote Absentee

Under Mississippi law, the following categories of people are entitled to vote by in-person absentee:
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Any qualified elector who is a bona fide student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high, junior high, or elementary grade school whose studies or employment at such institution necessitates his or her absence from the county of his or her voting residence on the date of any primary, general or special election, or the spouse and dependents of that student, teacher or administrator if such spouse or dependent(s) maintain a common domicile, outside of the county of his or her voting residence, with such student, teacher or administrator.
Any qualified elector who is required to be away from his or her place of residence on any election day due to his or her employment as an employee of a member of the Mississippi congressional delegation and the spouse and dependents of such person if he or she shall be residing with such absentee voter away from the county of the spouse’s voting residence.
Any qualified elector who is away from his or her county of residence on election day for any reason.
Any person who has a temporary or permanent physical disability and who, because of such disability, is unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to himself, herself or others, or whose attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to himself, herself or others.
The parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of his or her county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from his or her residence, if the parent, spouse or dependent will be with such person on election day.
Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
Any member of the Mississippi congressional delegation absent from Mississippi on election day, and the spouse and dependents of such member of the congressional delegation.
Any qualified elector who will be unable to vote in person because he or she is required to be at work on election day during the time at which the polls will be open or on-call during the times when the polls will be open.

Those entitled to vote absentee by mail-in ballot include:

Any person incarcerated and not convicted of a disenfranchising crime
Any person who is temporarily residing outside of their county of residence, and the ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
Any person who has a temporary or permanent physical disability and who, because of such disability, is unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to himself, herself or others, or whose attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to himself, herself or others.
The parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of his or her county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from his or her residence, if the parent, spouse or dependent will be with such person on election day.
Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
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Take a Mississippi Delta antique road trip

The Mississippi Delta is rich with history, and that comes with plenty of historical artifacts, as well as well-worn and well-loved items that find a second life in modern homes.

Antiquing is more than a search for unique home decor. It’s the thrill of the hunt, and sometimes you’ll find something you had no idea existed – or that you needed – and that becomes the treasured find of the day.

The Mississippi Delta is rich with history, and that comes with plenty of historical artifacts, as well as well-worn and well-loved items that find a second life in modern homes. With cooler fall weather on the horizon, it’s a great time to head out on your own Delta Antique Road Trip.

We’ve gathered a round-up of places to visit, listed by town. So, gas up the car and enjoy!
Start in Cleveland

You can easily spend the day antiquing in Cleveland alone. There are several interesting places to explore in this quaint Delta town. If you can’t fit it all in, plan on staying overnight and visit the GRAMMY Museum and eat in some of Cleveland’s excellent restaurants.



Moonstruck Antique Flea Market

If you like quirky things, this is your place! Moonstruck Antique Flea Market offers an eclectic mix of antiques, kitsch, art, vinyl, and apparel. Take your time and stroll through the flea market, because you won’t want to miss anything. Vendors are always adding new things and you never know what you’ll find. Take your time and stroll through the market so that you don’t pass by a treasure. Moonstruck Antique Flea Market is located on the outskirts of downtown at 150 North Street.

More antiques can be found in Neysa’s Fireside Shop, a classic antique and gift shop in downtown Cleveland. Neysa’s, located at 109 North Street, offers larger furniture, china, antique lamps and higher-end items. During the holidays they have an impressive collection of unique nutcrackers.
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Also on the greenway is Cleveland Collective, a vendor booth mall that offers a variety of items including antique furniture, vintage items, pottery, candles and cookware. With multiple vendors, there’s plenty of variety.

Another downtown gem is Michele’s Resale at 211 S. Sharp Street. “Experienced cookware,” furniture and more move through this little store, so it’s definitely worth a visit. Don’t be afraid to bargain – they’ll work with you on prices.

61 Trading Company has an amazing array of vintage items, including potbelly stoves, old doors, wagon wheels, a mule cart, even a whole trolley. You can also find old americana signs to old albums, old signs, diner booths, and furniture of all kinds. This place will surprise you! Located outside of town at 3868 Hwy 61 North.

While you’re in Cleveland, you might as well stop in at Krossroads Commissary and Pawn at 901 S. Davis Avenue. There is always a wide variety of things to see, from electronics to vintage furniture.
Don’t forget the pottery

It’s worth the drive to Merigold to visit McCartys Pottery. Their Asian-inspired garden will transport you to a tranquil place. Check before you go to see if the Gallery restaurant is open. The traditional old fashioned tea room will give you the respite you need to continue on your treasure hunt.




There is more pottery to be found in the family-owned Peter’s Pottery, just north of Merigold in Mound Bayou. Using the earthtones of the Mississippi Delta, Peter’s has become quite collectible. Stop in and start your collection.
Head over to Indianola

A must-stop on your antique road trip is The Antique Mall and Crown Restaurant in Indianola. The mall, located at 112 Front Avenue, has a variety of antiques and the Crown Restaurant has been serving delicious meals for over 50 years.



The Antique Mall

If you have some extra time, be sure to visit the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center.
Next stop, Leland

When you get to the birthplace of Kermit the Frog, then you know you’re in for a treat. Industrial Architecture Reclaimed Depot is the place to go in Leland when you’re looking for more than just antique furniture. They have a building full of antique molding, floorboards, old doors and windows, and much more. Find them at 347 VFW Road.



Lina’s Interiors

Lina’s Interiors at 109 E. 3rd Street is where you’ll find cotton picking tables, lamps, old prints and custom artwork and other items full of Mississippi Delta history.

Where do Southern folks get all that charm? Maybe from Southern Charm Antiques and Gifts also located in Leland. They offer antique and vintage items, collectables, cookware and a variety of furniture and a unique assortment of gifts at 3840 US-82.
On to Rosedale and Greenwood

The Post Gallery in the riverport town of Rosedale features local pottery and artwork as well as vintage fishing gear, hand carved duck calls, wood carvings and more.



The Post Gallery

Don’t pass on Greenwood, or you’ll miss out on Russell’s Warehouse Antiques and Jewelry. This classic antique store specializes in antique and estate jewelry. There is also plenty of antique furniture and artwork, classic flatware, coins and more. Located at 311 Howard Street in historic Downtown Greenwood.


Russell’s Warehouse
End the day in Vicksburg

On the south end of the Delta, historic Vicksburg has a treasure-trove of antique stores. Some may say the city itself is an antique, with its antebellum homes and old buildings.

Most of the antique stores are within walking distance of each other in Vicksburg’s downtown area. They include:

The Open Market
2133 Washington St.

Levee Street MarketPlace
1001 Levee St.

An Affair to Remember
1405 Washington St.

Katzenmeyer
3508 Washington St.

Feld Home Antiques
2108 Cherry St.

You Choose Upscale Consignment
1300 Washington St.

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Thalia Mara Hall: The REST of the Story

The manager of Thalia Mara Hall has been screaming for help for over a year as the auditorium deteriorated but to no avail. WLBT reported Friday:
The manager of Thalia Mara Hall is speaking out about conditions at the facility, saying she’s been sounding the alarm with city officials for months.

“The next thing to happen is someone’s going to get hurt or worse,” said Angie Ladner, division manager of the Municipal Auditorium.

Ladner spoke with WLBT Friday as she was driving out of town.

She says she’s been trying to warn city officials about problems for months, sending “9-1-1 emails” on everything from the sinking orchestra pit to the broken elevator.

“No internet, no elevator. We didn’t have an elevator this entire year. We had no ADA access,” she said. “I’m screaming at the top of my lungs, emailing weekly reports, everything. But meanwhile, we’re slammed. We were in the middle of symphony season, Broadway. We were slammed all year.”

One of those “reports” was sent on October 22, 2023, where Ladner warned city officials about the orchestra pit, which was on the verge of collapse and leaking hydraulic fluid.

“The pit is not stable and is in great need of attention, as people are constantly using it,” Ladner wrote. “The fluid that is leaking is seeping into the ground, causing the ground (concrete) underneath the pit to stay soft.”

Human and Cultural Services Director Pamela Scott responded to that email, saying it was very concerning and that she was open to a walk-through, as well as any ideas Ladner had to address her concerns.

“We can see what resources there are available... to address what we can as we work to identify outside resources,” Scott wrote. (KF: Nice use of bureaucratese).....

Of course, the Lumumba crowd weren't too pleased on Ladner's speaking truth to power:

Ladner says she’s faced a growing backlash for raising concerns about the theater. She’s currently been moved from Thalia Mara to a “cubicle” at North State Street.

She says the city told her the move was made because of the mold. However, she says no fungal growth was found where her office was located. Ladner also is facing disciplinary action for not clocking in, even though she says she is supposed to be salaried. Additionally, she was questioned by at least one member of the mayor’s staff for attending a council meeting where Thalia Mara was discussed. Rest of article.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is supposed to address the Thalia Mara shutdown tomorrow.

Kingfish note: Let's see. The city allowed libraries to crumble and lost 30,000 books to mold. Traffic lights don't work because maintenance was not performed. The city did not hire employees nor purchase much-needed parts for the water plants. The Jackson Zoo shut down for a year. No garbage service for several weeks. Sewage running through the streets. Now the auditorium is forced to close because the city did not fix the HVAC system.

Just curious: Was the air conditioning system at Thalia Mara Hall turned off between events? Inquiring minds want to know.

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City quiet on Zurich settlement

It’s been about six months since city of Jackson leaders announced a $10.3 million settlement the city was to receive from Zurich American Insurance Co. When the settlement was announced on Jan. 12, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said funds will be used to repair damaged buildings and address other needs across the city. “I won’t go ahead of that process and declare where this…
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Improvements underway to improve traffic flow on Hwy. 51

Preparation is moving ahead for a project in Ridgeland that will ensure traffic flows smoothly for southbound drivers turning from Lake Harbour Drive on to U.S. Highway 51.

Most of the utilities have been relocated except for those belonging to AT&T, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.

AT&T expects to complete its work in the next couple of weeks, he said.

The project will lengthen the westbound double left turn lanes, which will shift the eastbound lanes to the south. The project will also include a sidewalk to Christine Drive to create a safer pedestrian crossing from the neighborhood to the signalized intersection at U.S. Highway 51.

To make room at the intersection, the city last year purchased a small shopping center that was located on Lake Harbour Drive near U.S. 51 and tore it down. The city bought the Ridgeland Plaza property for about $1 million from Rainbow Development Corp., relocated the tenants and demolished the center to secure the needed right-of-way.

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The next phase of the project went before the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Commission on Aug. 27 for the commission to consider the city’s award of the construction contract to Hemphill Construction Company.

“We have not yet received MDOT’s written concurrence,” said Ridgeland City Engineer Christopher Bryson on Aug. 29. “If we receive concurrence by Aug. 30, we expect to have fully executed contracts, bonds and insurance in hand by mid-September and a notice to proceed with construction by mid-October.”

He said the following items have to be completed before construction can begin: MDOT Concurrence in Contract Award, executed construction contract, certificates of insurance, performance and payment bonds, MDOT-approved subcontracts, MDOT-approved submittals and Mix Designs and a pay item entry in the site manager program.

The contract allows for 68-working days, which would extend out to May 10, 2025 should construction begin in mid-October, but the contractor does not

anticipate the project taking that long, Bryson said.

Beginning this project in mid-October leaves 34 working days before Thanksgiving, which begins the Christmas holiday season that is usually followed by winter weather delays, he said.

“The contractor will carefully consider impacts to holiday season traffic before making the decision to begin work in the travel lanes of Lake Harbour Drive or Highway 51,” Bryson said.



The total cost of this project is $3,308,574. The total cost of the construction contract with Hemphill Construction Company is $1,347,053.50.

Last year, the mayor and board of aldermen entered into an agreement with Baker Engineering to design the intersection improvements. The engineering portion of the project cost $140,000.

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The intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and Lake Harbour Drive is a popular one.

“We have long lines for all directions due to the popularity of the intersection as well as the continuation of the road to Highland Colony Parkway,” Alan Hart, director of public works for the city of Ridgeland, said last year. “Currently, wait times during peak flows exceed the capacity.”

In September 2020, Mississippi Transportation Commissioner Wilie Simmons joined McGee and other officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the then new Lake Harbour Drive.

The $14.7 million project provided for the construction of Lake Harbour Drive Extension from Highland Colony Parkway to U.S. Highway 51 in Ridgeland. The project included a new bridge over I-55 along with the grade, drain and paving of a new boulevard section of Lake Harbour Drive and provide an at-grade railroad crossing.

Improvements for traffic congestion, emergency services, economic development and commercial activity were made, and a 10-foot-wide multi-use trail was installed.

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Eutaw Construction Company handled the job that was funded by the Federal Highway Administration and appropriated by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

The total cost of that project was $28 million, which included right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and engineering fees.
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Nissan and Habitat partner to drive the mission of helping local families achieve safe, affordable housing

JANS – Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant and Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area (HFHMCA) marked another collaboration milestone with the completion of their first rehab project in the tri-county area. More than 80 Nissan volunteers contributed their time and skills during the project from May to July, benefiting Jackson resident Janice Barber and her family. Habitat home rehabs preserve existing homes in the community and maximize the number of families who can become homeowners.

“Nissan’s corporate mission is to enrich the lives of others, and our relationship with Habitat for Humanity is a perfect fit as it encompasses this exactly,” said Victor Taylor, vice president of manufacturing, Nissan Canton. “We build more than great cars; we build community. Our employees love to support deserving families who need safe, affordable housing. We want to continue to make a difference in this community where our employees live and work.”

“For years Nissan Canton has been a strong supporter of the work of Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area,” said Merrill McKewen, executive director at Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area. “They have built 15 new homes either in Canton or Jackson and now, have rehabbed a home for another family. Corporate sponsors like Nissan make possible the work we do for those we serve. We are extremely grateful for their ongoing support.”

The Barber’s new home has five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Barber is a mother to three children, and a grandmother to two grandchildren. She currently lives in a rental house in Jackson and is excited to become a homeowner.

“Because of Habitat and Nissan, I have the opportunity to provide my children and grandchildren a place to call home,” said Barber. “We have been overpaying for a house with all types of problems. The current living situation is not where I wanted to raise my kids or grandchildren. Now that we have a safe environment, and a place to call home, it is a blessing. We are so thankful for you guys!”

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The General Missionary Baptist State Convention receives $1,800 donation

JANS – The General Missionary Baptist State Convention’s Woman’s Auxiliary FASHION SHARE raised $1,800 during its July event at Greater Pearlie Grove Baptist Church. The annual fundraiser supports a community initiative that encourages Christian living. This year’s recipient is Great Motivation Starts w/Self (GMSS). The check presentation was held August 28, 2024, at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Natchez, MS.

GMSS (pronounced GEMS) is a non profit organization founded in 2016 by Glennese Smith. Although its primary goal is to reduce domestic violence, GMSS is also involved with feeding the homeless, bill assistance, fire victims, burial, and other emergency family needs.

Smith is a Natchez, MS native and a domestic violence survivor. She has three children, Lexus, Camry, and Layla; and two grandchildren, Ja’Chari & Carma. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Alcorn State University (2009, 2011). Smith became a published author in 2011, writing “Surviving A Thousand Deaths, The Glennese Smith Scott Story”. She is certified as a Mental Health Therapist in Louisiana and Mississippi, and operates Taxes By Me, GMSS Shelter, and GMSS Counseling & Consulting LLC.
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Gone!

It appears the infamous Daiquiri Bar on Capitol Street is no more. Workers removed various signage from the building yesterday.


How it once looked.



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City of Jackson has nearly a quarter of Mississippi’s abandoned properties

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Empty homes often become havens for drug related crimes while attracting homeless individuals and squatters into neighborhoods.

Within the state of Mississippi, one city has roughly 25 percent of the state’s total abandoned properties. That municipality is the city of Jackson.

The Capital City’s larger than average percentage of abandoned properties brings with it a number of problems for local officials.

“It would begin with public safety itself, and that’s really one of the key reasons that people choose to abandon their properties and leave is because they don’t feel safe,” said Ward 1 City Councilman Ashby Foote.

Jackson City Councilman Ashby Foote

A property can become abandoned for a variety of reasons. A homeowner could die or be unable to sell the property after moving away. A bank might foreclose on the owner, or a tenant might vacate the property without another renter ready to move in. If taxes on those properties are not paid for long enough period of time, the properties eventually fall into state ownership until it can be sold.
By the Numbers

According to Tyronne Hickman, Bureau Director of the Public Lands Division of the Secretary of State’s office, as of August 2024, his office listed about 1,800 state-owned abandoned properties within the City of Jackson. Comparatively, statewide there are about 7,000 properties that are state-owned, according to the Secretary of State’s rolls. That equates to close to 25 percent of all abandoned properties under state ownership in Jackson alone.

William (Bill) Chaney, Assistant Secretary of State Public Lands Division, added that the number of properties changes regularly.
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“As we actively sell property, it changes,” Chaney described. “I wouldn’t say hourly, but it certainly changes daily.”

However, Councilman Foote notes that those figures do not reflect the true number of abandoned properties in the City of Jackson, or the state, since it can take between two to eight years before they become part of the State’s rolls.

New properties are added twice a year. Counties in the Delta hold tax sales in April. Other counties hold sales in August, according to Chaney. He estimates that for every property on the Secretary of State’s rolls, there are three or four more abandoned properties that have not gone through the tax sale process.

Only a fraction of those properties is commercial, Hickman said, as about 95 percent of abandoned properties are within areas zoned residential.
How Property Falls Under State Ownership

Properties that become temporarily state-owned are recorded by the Secretary of State’s office. The process starts with the owner not paying their property taxes for two years. After legally required attempts to notify the owner have failed, the property goes up for tax sale.

During the tax sale a private party can pay the back taxes and begin the process of assuming ownership of the property. If no private party pays the back taxes, the property falls to state ownership.

“It sits basically in limbo for (the property owner) to come in and pay one or two years of back taxes to get it back,” Chaney described. “So, we’ll get it that third tax sale year.”

Under extreme circumstances, that time frame can be even longer.

“There are those special cases where tax investor ‘A’ might buy it one year, then tax investor ‘B’ might buy it another year, tax investor ‘C’ and then ‘D’, and that could push it out about six to seven years before we get it,” Hickman explained.

The properties are often in a state of serious disrepair by the time they become state-owned. That fact can make some people assume the Secretary of State’s office is to blame.

“It’s not like we ran it down, we got it in a bad shape,” Chaney added. “Usually, people see a piece of bad property, and they just assume it’s ours. Probably 90 percent of the time it’s not.”

Councilman Foote notes that it would be unreasonable for the Secretary of State’s office to be able to maintain such a large number of properties.
Population Decline

The issue of abandoned properties is further reflected in the population decline within the City of Jackson.

Councilman Foote points to Census data from 2010 that shows Jackson had a population of about 173,000. Ten years later, the 2020 Census showed a population of under 153,000. The steep population loss led to a recent need to reconfigure ward boundaries to stay compliant with federal voting rights laws.

“To lose 20,000 people when you’re a city of 173,000, that is about an 11.5 percent drop in population of a city of that size,” Foote described. “It impacts your taxes.”

Other factors affected by population decline include reductions in sales tax collections, the loss of commercial amenities, and school closures, which Jackson Public Schools have navigated this year.

Further, while owned by the state, abandoned properties do not generate ad valorem taxes.

As for the loss of revenue to the city and county in ad valorem taxes, Chaney and Hickman said it’s hard to determine a true value. Given that those properties typically sit for a number of years before they get to the Secretary of State, the value drops.

When a private party begins the buying process of an abandoned property, only then is a value assessed.
Homeless Hotbeds

When a house becomes abandoned, Councilman Foote said the property draws in the homeless or squatters.

“Homeless is really a misnomer that the problem is a lack of homes, and that is not the problem in Jackson,” Foote explained. “We don’t have a problem of a lack of homes, we have thousands of homes that have been abandoned.”

Abandoned commercial properties, while not as common as residential, can also become havens for the homeless, squatters and illegal activity. Councilman Foote used Hotel O, located near I-55, as a prime example. The former motel, now abandoned by the owner, draws in vagrants and squatters and even is cited as a factor in the closure of a nearby Waffle House, Foote said.

“It can become a sort of negative feedback loop, where you start to see businesses close and as businesses close that impacts the citizen’s confidence and they start leaving even though they have a hard time selling property,” Foote described, noting two areas of the city with larger concentrations of abandoned properties.

“So, it’s very discouraging when you’re driving down south Jackson and west Jackson in some of those neighborhoods.”
Crime In & Near Abandoned Property

Councilman Foote said the increase in crime is another reason abandoned properties concern him.

“So, there is a symbiotic relationship between crime and abandoned properties,” Foote elaborated. “If you look at the maps of crime and map of the city for the past 6 months, and abandoned properties, there is a correlation there. Empty properties can be a hot bed for criminal activity, gang related or otherwise.”

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said that during his time as the city’s top cop starting in June 2023, he has not noticed that gang activity is connected with abandoned properties.

“But yes, we do have a gang issue in the city of Jackson,” Wade elaborated. “I’ve been one of the first chiefs that has admitted there is a gang issue. But most of our issues are not surrounding abandoned properties. They are more or less on the streets in open areas and neighborhoods, whether it be a park or convenience store or at someone’s residence.”

However, the Jackson Police Department and Capitol Police have noticed that blighted and abandoned properties do attract illicit behavior, such as drug use, the sale of narcotics and at times, prostitution.


Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade (left) and Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey (right) (Photo: JPD Facebook)

Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey said his officers currently do not patrol a lot of areas that have abandoned properties, but they are prepared when it does happen. He recognizes that drug activity typically leads to additional offenses due to altercations.

“When you’re dealing with any kind of drug crimes, usually you can expect there’s going to be guns involved,” Luckey added.

When reports of loitering, narcotics activity and people approaching vehicles in an area occur, Luckey said his officers increase patrols in those areas.

“All we can do is stay on top of the issues and make sure we are seen and keep the criminal element at bay,” Luckey said.

An empty home can be a nice place for someone looking for a warm place to sleep with no other options. During their stay, they may decide to start a fire to keep warm which concerns Chief Wade.

“The first thing we run into are squatters, or residents who don’t have the utilities like electricity, water, they may sometimes embark upon getting illegal hookups,” Wade described. “Even outside of the squatters, we do have a large population of homeless who will go inside these locations when it’s cold and end up setting those properties on fire.”

After the flames are extinguished, all that is left is a burned building in the midst of a neighborhood. Chief Wade said those properties, whether burned or just abandoned, create eyesores. Overgrown brush and trash associated with unoccupied homes also attract vermin, raccoons and possums, affecting neighbors. All of those issues combine to drag property values down, Wade added.

“I would like to see some type of initiative to address this issue,” Wade said. “Not necessarily just from a law enforcement perspective but from a community perspective.”

Jackson Police officers have and continue to respond to calls from neighbors concerning suspicious activity at known abandoned properties.

“When we go to those properties and there’s someone there who has no reason to be there, we challenge them about what their business is, why they’re there,” Wade described. “Most of them will go ahead and move on. A lot of times they are not there to squat, they are there to steal.”

To Councilman Foote, reducing crime comes down to police presence, and that is where the expansion of the Capitol Complex Improvement District can help. The recent expansion means the nearly 120 officers with the Capitol Police can work in conjunction with Jackson Police Department’s 260 sworn officers to cover more of the city’s streets.

“I’m glad we got the CCID,” Foote stated. “I think that is a constructive element, because really it comes down to police presence. At the end of the day, you really need police out there on the streets, enforcing the law and responding to the criminal element, and holding people accountable.”
Next Steps

One of several ways Councilman Foote believes the City of Jackson can recover is to restore public safety to the affected areas.

When public confidence returns, more private developers will be willing to either demolish or repurpose affected properties, he said.

In an effort to address the problem, the Jackson City Council voted in June to form a 15-member task force comprised of representatives from the city, county and state. The hope is to add someone from the federal level as well.

The task force’s goal is to offer solutions. Public meetings are expected to take place in the near future.
https://magnoliatribune.com/2024/09/...ed-properties/

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Construction industry steps up for Mississippi’s grandest project: AWS

Campuses for the $10 billion project will be located at two sites in Madison County, one being the Megasite pictured. (Photo from Entergy)

This second part of an in-depth analysis of the construction industry in Mississippi focuses on the $10 billion AWS data center campuses being built in Madison County.

In January when Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its $10 billion investment in Madison County to build two data center campuses by mid-2027, Mississippi contractors were already on the job.

“Edmond Turnage of Southern Rock and Jeff Cox with Birdsong helped make things happen to help Mississippi shine in bringing the AWS project out of the ground,” said Chad Wages of Wages Civil LLC, who worked alongside both companies last fall when work began on the 927-acre Madison County Mega Site in Canton, and the second site, 786 acres in Ridgeland, located along the southern tip of Madison County.

“The first building is scheduled to come online this January,” said Ed Gardner, vice president of business and economic development for Entergy Mississippi. “That’s incredibly fast in our business.”

AWS isn’t being financially assisted by the state in the construction phase, but Governor Tate Reeves asked the company to consider using Mississippi contractors. AWS complied.

“Lots of Mississippi companies are taking part in the building process,” said Joey Deason, executive director of the Madison County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA). “Out of state firms are actively working on hiring local Mississippians for work, as well as Mississippi subcontractors.”

Contractors include Birdsong Construction, Brasfield & Gorrie, Canton Concrete, Delta Industries, Headwaters Inc., Hemphill Construction, Malouf Construction, MMC, Neel-Schaffer, Puckett Machinery, Shackelford Construction, Site Support Group, Southern Rock, Sunbelt Rentals, United Rentals, Wages Civil, Waggoner Engineering, and WGK Engineering.
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Yates-Turner of Philadelphia is one of three general contractors selected by AWS through a bidding process. The other two are Gray Construction from Lexington, Kentucky, and Haskell from Jacksonville, Florida

“We welcome in other people,” said Lloyd Munn, executive director of Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Mississippi. “We never discourage someone from out of state because we have contractors from Mississippi that build projects all over the United States. That’s the fair trade of it. But they hire local people to do the work.”

With the influx of workers, Munn expressed concerns about sufficient housing “and all that goes with it.”

“A rising tide floats everybody’s boat, so there’s not a downside of a project like this because most of the money is spent on our local people and in our local economy,” he noted.

Lee Nations, president and CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for Mississippi, said the construction industry is “ecstatic” that AWS has decided to make an investment, and will continue to make an investment, in central Mississippi.

“While we know this will demand a large volume of skilled workers and tradespeople, it’s a problem the industry is continuing to address,” he said. “Unfortunately, there’s no ‘quick fix’ to fix the trades gap, but Mississippi contractors continue to work tirelessly to address this gap with the assistance of establishments like Build Mississippi and AccelerateMS.”

Brent Bean, president of the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF), which administers Build Mississippi, said he’s happy the state and AWS leaders did a great job of planning in advance.

“Our foundation, along with other workforce development leaders from AccelerateMS, community colleges, and high schools from the central Mississippi area have been meeting and working with AWS for months to ensure we’d have the workforce needed to handle the construction of the AWS data centers and have a pipeline of trained individuals ready to fill the positions of the data centers upon their completion and opening.”

In the meantime, contractors are unified with meeting production schedules. A Birdsong Construction LinkedIn post in mid-August highlighted completion of 15,000+ tons of crushed limestone of a sizeable building pad.

“We’ve assisted with constructing five building pads at the Madison County Mega Site and are now working on four building pads at the Ridgeland campus,” Wages said, in late August. “We’re trying to complete those four by the end of September to middle of October to keep AWS moving on schedule.”

Wages emphasized the AWS challenge “has been all about schedule, thinking out of the box to first get things moving and how to keep things moving.”

“With a project of this magnitude, there’s always a hiccup, (aka) ‘Murphy’s Law,’ hiding around the corner,” he said. “You have to be quick on your feet, find a solution, just keep things moving. Nothing out of the ordinary has occurred that we haven’t experienced before, but there’s a lot more moving pieces at one time.”
https://magnoliatribune.com/2024/09/...t-project-aws/

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Please be safe out there Jacksonian/Mississippians, we have bad weather coming thru

Expected Hurricane Francine could affect Mississippi. Residents urged to prepare now

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...e/75140987007/

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Check out Tim Henderson (mayoral candidate for Jackson 2025 race) interview with Kim Wade. He talks about his background, vision for Jackson, and other issues that need to be addressed in our community:
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Crumbling roads and bridges in MS need more revenue now, leaders say. Costly problem looms

If Mississippi doesn't invest more state revenue in the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the state's already crumbling roads and bridges could get even worse, creating an even more costly problem in the future.

At the same time, state lawmakers are trying to find a way to eliminate the state's personal income tax, which Select Tax Reform Committee Chairman Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, said can be done while finding ways to funnel more money to MDOT.

On Sept. 4 during a committee hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, Paula Dowell, a consultant with Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, an American infrastructure design firm, told lawmakers there are several paths they could drive down to improve roads, bridges and the funding necessary to do the work.

Those ideas could, according to a HNTB study, lead to $4.7 billion in revenues and savings from new business, more travel and more private investment, leading to thousands of more jobs and more gross product to fuel the state economy.

Dowell recommended several ideas to create what she ultimately described as a diversified plan, including raising the state's motor fuel tax from 18 cents per gallon to the national average, closer to about 30 cents per gallon. In 2023, the state's fuel tax provided about 22% of MDOTs funding. If it were raised to the national average, it would generate $373 million in additional revenue. Gas prices in Mississippi are typically among the lowest in the nation. That could change if fuel taxes are increased.

"It really is a diversified approach, or what most states are looking at now because they are seeing the implications of being mostly reliant on a single source of revenue," Dowell said. "If you take a diversified approach, you see several different sources of funding for transportation, but also as you're thinking about new revenue…this really enhances the sustainability and the adequacy of the funding over time."

Other suggestions included adding road user charges for drivers, adding a 1 cent sales tax on fuel, which could create $420 million in added revenue and even charging fees on imported cargo into the state to then provide to MDOT.

Dowell said that new approach could help MDOT receive funding from the state, create a more sustainable funding model that isn't so heavily reliant on revenues tied to motor fuel and guard against future unreliability in future federal funding.

In 2023, MDOT received $1.4 billion in total funding. Federal dollars made up approximately 50% of that figure, while state taxes on fuel, car tag fees and revenues made on interest, made up the other half. Combined, the fuel tax, car and bus tag fees and lubricating oil taxes make up about 25%. This past year, the state passed an MDOT budget of $1.3 billion, buy included $400 million for projects.

If no MDOT funding reforms are made, highways, as well as bridges, will continue to deteriorate and could lead to more road repair and nearly double the amount of traffic congestion seen in the last 10 years by 2045, Dowell said.

To make matters worse, a lack of increased funding will end up costing the state $5.2 billion in combined costs from several factors such as road and bridge work, loss of new business and less travel, to name a few.

"So by 2040, whenever you looked at the gap, there was about a $500 million per year gap in terms of meeting your expected revenue versus what was adequate," Dowell said.
What is the state of Mississippi's roads and bridges now?

Dowell said that while MDOT needs money to start and continue several capacity projects, which involved updating or creating new roads and lanes, the department is already struggling to keep up with the state's roads and bridges now.

The state has fallen out of federal compliance for failing to properly maintain portions of national highways and interstate roads, which could threaten federal funding in the future.

According to the HNTB study, from 2013 to 2023, interstate roads considered to be in good condition fell from 72.98% to 71.8%. Bridge conditions took an even larger hit, going from 67% of all bridges in good condition to only 54.26%.
What are lawmakers considering?

Lamar, joined by Committee Co-Chair Scott Bounds, R-Philadelphia, said they found the meeting helpful, and that they will continue to work on solutions for transporation funding.

"It's no secret the funding for MDOT is not where it needs to be," Lamar said. "It's been broken for a long time, and we want to do that all with a substantial net-tax decrease for the people of Mississippi. We think that's possible. It's a tall task, but that's what we're trying to do."
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...y/75084233007/

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Minus $40 Million and Counting

How much money did Jackson's water system lose in 2022? Not $10 million, not $20 million, not $30 million but $39 million dollars. Read that again. Jackson's water and sewer system suffered a $39 million operating loss in 2022.

The city of Jackson recently released its annual comprehensive financial report. Page 26 tells the tale of woe:



$39.221 million. The operating losses were $27 million in 2021 and $10 million in 2020.

The failure to collect revenue caused the operating losses to explode as they did. Operating expenses were constant at $67 million in 2022 (a year of numerous, expensive repairs), $61 million in 2021, and $57 million in 2020.



The devil is in the details and this particular demon is hanging out on the customer sales line. Jackson's water/sewer sales revenue plummeted from $48 million in 2020 to $33 million in 2021 to $28 million in 2022.

The plunge in revenue coincides with a moratorium on water cutoffs in 2020-22. Earlier post.





Sanitation services suffered unprecedented losses as well - $8 million in 2022. The operating losses for garbage collection were $5.3 million in 2021 and $2.2 million in 2020. Sales to customers fell from $8 million in 2020 to $5 million in 2022.

The finances are somewhat better in the cash flow statement.




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New restaurant coming Renaissance at Colony Park

Starkville restaurant Taste has announced it is opening a second location in Ridgeland's Renaissance at Colony Park in the space that is currently occupied by Enzo Osteria.

Noted restaurateur and Emmy-award winner Robert St. John announced via social media Tuesday that Enzo in Ridgeland will be closing.

St. John came along and saved that location in 2022 when Biaggi's announced it was leaving that location in the Renaissance shopping area.

He said that Enzo will stay open until Sept. 21.

“We are beyond excited to expand Taste to Ridgeland,” John Ryckert, Director of Operations for Taste, said in a release. “Our team is dedicated to providing our guests with an unforgettable dining experience, from the carefully crafted dishes inspired by traditional Italian recipes to the welcoming atmosphere that makes everyone feel like family. We can’t wait to become a part of the Ridgeland community.”

The new Taste location, like the one in Starkville, will have a menu filled with Italian dishes. Guests can expect items such as imported Italian pasta, hand-tossed pizzas, and an extensive selection of Italian wines. Additionally, Taste will offer private dining options and catering services, perfect for special events and celebrations.

The restaurant will officially open its doors to the public around the first of the year in 2025.

Taste is owned primarily by Michele Fant, CEO of Culinary Innovation Group, which is a company that oversees multiple restaurant properties, including Bluto's, Taste, Block and Harvest Catering and The Joint Barbeque, all in Starkville.

"The Renaissance people called and said Robert was going to get out. We said we were absolutely interested," Fant said. "We are going to get the keys on Sept. 23 and we will begin with an extensive renovation. It will have a farmhouse feel, much like out restaurant in Starkville. We are going to have a great patio area. It will be one of the best patios in Madison County. It will be covered and the whole thing is going to be just awesome."

Fant, 47, went on to say her intention is to have the best Italian restaurant in the area, as they will import all of their pasta from Italy.

"We want to battle with the top dog. We want to see how we compete with Amerigo," Fant said. "They have been the staple for so long. You're always chasing No. 1. This is going to be fun."

St. John said he is wishing Fant nothing but the best.

"I will be wishing them nothing but positive cash flows for all the years," St. John said.
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...s/75168528007/

Woodsprings Suites hotel set to open in Pearl

The newest hotel in the ever-changing skyline of Pearl is slated to open in just a matter of weeks.

Just next to Tinsletown Theater on Riverwind Dr., there is a new $20 million hotel that is primed to open by Nov. 1.

It will be a WoodSpring Suites by Choice Hotel Group that will have 118 rooms, which is a product catered to the extended stay clientele.

It is the latest project from Chico Patel of Wealth Hospitality, who has multiple projects going around the Jackson metro area.

"We feel like with the new plants and data centers and Amazon, most extended stays are a very high occupancy in this area and we are betting that this will work for that," Patel said. "So, we feel like a new, modern product will work for that market."

How is Amazon a factor?

Patel said development for hotels along the frontage road was an easy decision, especially after Amazon Web Services made big news in January when it announced it will occupy two Madison County locations for the historic buildout for hyperscale development centers.

"There are several thousand workers that will be needed over the next several years for those projects, and they will need places to stay," Patel said. "We haven't felt that impact just yet, but it is coming."

Baseball down the street

It also doesn't hurt that Trustmark Park, just down the street, had a huge announcement this week in which a new minor league baseball team from the Frontier League will be playing 48 home games every year, beginning in 2025.

More hotels in the area going up

Patel's group also recently announced that ground is expected to be broken on a $25 million 111-room boutique-style Hampton Inn with first-floor retail and dining space along State Street between the Station pizza restaurant and Pig and Pint BBQ during the first quarter of 2025.

Wealth Hospitality also owns and developed the 108-room Holiday Inn Express in Ridgeland, which was completed in the Spring of 2024 at a cost of $16 million as well as a Tru By Hilton next door to that.

Wealth Hospitality mainly works with Hilton, Hyatt and IHG for development.

Patel said his company has built more than 70 hotels nationwide the last 10 years and has another 40, including the one in Fondren and a couple of more in the Jackson Metro area in the pipeline to be built in the next 24 months.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...s/75164508007/

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Aerospace company to create 31 jobs with $11.75 million investment in Mississippi Delta

Greenville Kearns Aerospace Maintenance (GKAM) is investing in its aircraft maintenance operations in the Mississippi Delta.

The aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul company looks to create 31 new jobs with an $11.75 million corporate investment.

GKAM also specializes in avionics/structure modifications, manufacturing, inspection, and kitting for military and civilian aircraft. Since 2022, the company has leased a hangar at Mid Delta Regional Airport, where it previously committed to creating 250 jobs.

With this newest investment, GKAM plans to retrofit two existing aircraft hangars to be used for aircraft painting, paint striping, hazmat capture, and hazmat storage and containment. The 31 new jobs will bring the total number of jobs committed to by GKAM to 281.

Additionally, the new capabilities will make GKAM one of the largest aircraft depots in the U.S. and the largest veteran-owned small business in the U.S.

“This expansion marks the start of an exciting chapter in Greenville Kearns Aerospace Maintenance history. Adding the strip and paint to our modification and maintenance capability will establish GKAM as one of the largest maintenance and depot facilities in the southeast,” GKAM President and CEO Ronnie Kearns said. “Having the capacity to work up to six C-130 aircraft under roof simultaneously and now adding strip and paint to our capabilities make us a true competitor in the DoD aircraft maintenance space.”

The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance through the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive program. AccelerateMS, and Washington County also are assisting with the project.

“Greenville Kearns Aerospace Maintenance has been part of the Delta’s economic landscape for more than a decade, and I am grateful this veteran-owned company is once again investing in its operations and in our state,” Governor Tate Reeves said. “By creating these 31 additional jobs, GKAM will employ nearly 300 workers at its Greenville location – an impressive figure that stands as a testament to the productivity of Washington County’s workforce and the fact that Mississippi is a great place to start and grow a successful business.”

GKAM expects to complete the expansion by the end of the second quarter of 2025. Soon after, the company plans to fill the 31 new jobs.
https://www.supertalk.fm/aerospace-c...issippi-delta/

Gluckstadt Madison Business Alliance welcomes Sip Outdoors

Gluckstadt Madison Business Alliance is with Sip Outdoors and Christi Greenlee - Heritage Real Estate, LLC.
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We had a fantastic Ribbon Cutting for @Sip Outdoors as we welcomed them to Gluckstadt. "Sip Outdoors is a premier outdoor lifestyle company based in Madison, Mississippi. Our mission is to provide high-quality outdoor products and gear that enhance the outdoor experience for our customers. Whether you are an avid hiker or camper, or simply enjoy spending time in nature, Sip Outdoors has everything you need to make the most of your outdoor adventures." Located off of Gluckstadt Road behind Krystal. Stop by and see them.
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https://www.facebook.com/GluckstadtB...zAysHkBPHZ77cl

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New Listing in Hinds County, MS: PARADISE!
37.03 Surveyed Acres
4± Acre Stocked Pond (Coppernose Bluegill & F1 Tiger Bass)

Tom Smith Land and Homes LLC

New Listing in Hinds County, MS: PARADISE!
37.03 Surveyed Acres
4± Acre Stocked Pond (Coppernose Bluegill & F1 Tiger Bass)
Loaded with Deer and Turkey
Plantation Pine-Hardwood Mix
Established Trails
Frontage on Cox Ferry Road
Utilities at Road
15 Minutes from Flora
Offered at $229,500
Adam Hester, Land Realtor
601.506.5058 cell
Adam@TomSmithLand.com
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601.291.5863 cell
Pete@TomSmithHomes.com
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NEW LISTING | Spring Creek Road, Flora, MS 39071 | 9.65 Acres

Hopper Properties, 601-724-1435
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NEW LISTING | Spring Creek Road, Flora, MS 39071 | 9.65 Acres | Welcome to the countryside of Flora! This 9.65-acre wooded lot features mature timber and several homesites waiting for you to build your dream home. Watch the deer and turkeys roam in your backyard. No mobile or modular homes allowed. Located just minutes from all the amenities of downtown Flora. Presented at $144,750. Contact Paul Hopper for more information! | Cell: 601-942-5527 | Office: 601-724-1435
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