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WNBA star Breanna Stewart joins other athletes with donation to Jackson sports complex, The Ark
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Late last year, The Ark, a rapidly growing sports complex in South Jackson, received donations from major names - including NBA superstar Kyrie Irving.
Now, the latest star to donate is 2023 WNBA MVP Brianna Stewart.
”The Ark has been a place, like I said, beyond my imagination and dreams. We are just thankful for donations of people like, you know, Kyrie, Brianna Stewart, Angie Thomas, those who’s helped us out so much, as well,” State Representative and founder of The Ark Ronnie Crudup Jr. said.
WNBA star Brianna Stewart made the donation alongside her sponsors PUMA and Clif Bar.
The amount of Stewarts donation is undisclosed, but Crudup Jr. did share the WNBA star matched Kyrie Irving’s donation from 2023.
These efforts made by sports stars don’t go unnoticed by the kids who come to the facility.
“One more main celebrity, but especially a basketball player, because we do a lot of basketball stuff here. So it’s been great to get folks of that caliber to be able to, you know, encourage the young men, the young ladies who are even out there today, to be able to go and shoot for their dreams and kind of give them some light on the wall they can look towards,” Crudup Jr. said.
The donations allow The Ark to continue to expand with the purchase of a fifth basketball court already made, it will be installed by the end of 2024.
Other future plans include expanding the boxing and gymnastic programs.
Less than a year later since its opening, Crudup is happy to see The Ark become what he hoped it would for the next generation.
“This place is all about exposure. And so we want to expose kids to other opportunities and ideas of things that they may not think is out there, as we do our Tumblr program real soon. We’re kind of getting things wrapped up. They’re gonna start before the end of the year. We try to expose kids so those type of things that they know that there are scholarships available, and tell them that in cheerleading and so these are the things that we really want to do here. It really tried to expand the minds and the thoughts of a lot of these folks,” Crudup Jr. said.
Other long term plans for The Ark include adding a pool, so they can offer swimming lessons and possibly create a swim team in the capital city.
https://www.wlbt.com/2024/07/01/wnba...s-complex-ark/
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VILLAGE AT MADISON BEGINS LEASING MORE SPACE IN DEVELOPMENT
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The Village at Madison is now starting preleasing for two additional buildings that will be built later this year, which will feature retail, restaurant, and office space.
The plan has been approved by the City of Madison, and construction will begin this summer for the second and third buildings within the development. The developers, Main Street Investors, released building plans that include a building consisting of 12,000 rentable square footage for mixed use retail (Building D) and a 2,400 square footage stand-alone building (Building G). Multi-tenant Building D will have spaces available ranging from 1,500 to 4,900 rentable square feet. Pinpoint Commercial Real Estate’s Ellis “BB” Mitchell and Sam Cox are representing the developer and leasing the spaces.
“The development will ultimately consist of 60,000 SF of restaurant, retail and professional office space,” Mitchell said. “75 zero lot line residences will also be located on site, which will provide excellent foot traffic for businesses located at The Village at Madison.”
Mitchell said they are targeting businesses such as quality restaurants, fashion or style boutiques, health and beauty operators, medical users, professional office users and other retail and office users.
“It is our goal to source quality, locally owned and operated businesses to The Village at Madison,” Mitchell said. “We feel that The Village at Madison will provide a much-needed mixed use development on the East side of Interstate 55 for people to come eat, drink and shop. The development provides excellent visibility from Madison Parkway and is ideally located between I-55 and Hwy 51.”
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Half Shell Oyster House found its home in The Village at Madison as the first business to commit to the development in 2020.
“Half Shell is regularly packed for lunch and dinner, and we feel their continued success within the development is extremely attractive to users looking to house their restaurant or retail business at The Village at Madison,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell said they already have secured multiple letters of intent from businesses looking to locate in the development, and they still have spaces available in the 1,500 to 4,900 square footage range in the new buildings. Once construction begins this summer, it is anticipated to take 10 to 12 months in efforts to complete the new building by the summer of 2023.
Main Street Investors is comprised of partners Dr. Michael Manning of Ridgeland, Lee Stafford of West Point, and Mark Castleberry of Starkville.
“The Developer, Mark Castleberry, has 30 years of experience in commercial development and we feel that his vision on this project will result in The Village being one of the more unique commercial developments in our market,” Mitchel said. “The Village at Madison, inspired by the Garden District in New Orleans, will provide Madison residents and its visitors with an upscale and unique place to come and eat, drink and shop locally.”
https://www.northsidesun.com/local-c...ce-development
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