COLUMBUS
We should expect several interested buyers to come forward, now that the mall is clear to sell in full.
“Make no mistake, this is the most valuable piece of real estate(available for sale) in the Golden Triangle” GTR Link President Joe Max Higgins
The The Commercial Dispatch has the scoop.
The wait for Aldi in the Golden Triangle may be over. It now seems to be in the hands of the Starkville Aldermen. Great scoop by The Commercial Dispatch:
By: Tess Vrbin
Starkville could get an ALDI grocery store and a TJ Maxx department store if Starkville’s board of aldermen approve a tax-increment financing plan this evening for the project.
Jimmy Gouras, an urban planning consultant representing developer Castle Properties, told Oktibbeha County supervisors Monday that both businesses have signed letters of intent to locate at a planned retail center at the intersection of Highway 12 and Industrial Park Road — the current Garan Manufacturing plant site. Garan is planning to relocate to the industrial park property at Highways 82 and 389….
Full story:
https://cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=75459
STARKVILLE, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch
On Tuesday, the Starkville Board of Aldermen
If this plan is approved, the city would issue up to $3 million in bonds to reimburse the developer, Castle Properties, for the costs of certain infrastructure built there; Castle would repay the bonds with sales and property taxes generated at the center for up to 15 years.
Mark Castleberry,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch
In a recent unanimous vote, the Lowndes County BoS approved a 25-year franchise agreement allowing C*Spire to spread its high-speed fiber internet infrastructure throughout the county. The aim is to start from their existing fiber lines (which are mostly in or near cities) and expand into as many rural areas as practical, in order to give as many residents as possible access to fast fiber internet, TV, and phone-via-VOIP access where their options may have been few or even non-existent in the past.
C Spire will construct the inf
The County will
District 5 Supervisor Leroy Brooks spoke of an encounter in the past with a cons
C Spire spokesman Dave Miller explained the difference between the gigabit ethernet speed which their company offers and those of its competitors; he said that this service is about 10x the current average speed. According to each of their own websites, AT&T offers speeds up to 18 MB/second, and SParklight, up to 300MB/second; C*Spire’s Gigabit service offers 1,000MB/sec
“We basically go into areas and we do the research and we figure out if there’s interest there and we make the ultimate decision if we decide to build directly,” Miller went on to say. “We are determining areas we believe, based on research, statistics
Miller added that those interested in receiving higher speed internet can register their address online at www.cspire.com/fiber. “Even though a response will come back saying we are not building in that area, we take that data and that residence becomes a pin on the map,” Miller said. “If we get enough pins within a geographical area, that triggers our potential interest in building there.”
C*Spire is no stranger to the area, having brought gigabit internet speed to Star
SCOOBA, MS –Courtesy of EMCC
[PRESS RELEASE]
AMONG THE BEST: EMCC has been named among the Top 10 community colleges in the nation for the fourth year in a row by SmartAsset. For the rankings, SmartAsset analyzed 796 two-year educational institutions nationwide and compared the schools’ graduation and transfer rates, student-to-faculty ratios and cost of tuition and fees. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2H4icoB
GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION – Courtesy of the Dispatch
COLUMBUS
Caledonia Mexican restaurant El Patron, 9631 Wolfe Road, will soon move to Columbus’ Brickerton Plaza. El Patron manager Sebastian Vazquez said
In Columbus, Angie
They are shooting to be open on Oct. 1 at 2322 Hwy. 45 N.
STARKVILLE
Starkville’s Main Street now has a new bakery on the block, which may end up filling the void left by City Bagel’s recent closure. Proof Bakery, 109 West Main St., opened last week at the former Grain Elevator, which was DeRego’s Bread before that.
Co-owners Bonnie and Robbie Coblentz have the shop open from Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. T.J. Manna is their store manager and head baker; Robbie said this of her: “T.J. is an incredible baker,” Robbie said. “When we hatched this idea, we reached out to T.J.. She is the cornerstone, from a production standpoint, of this establishment.”
With T.J in charge, demand for her bagels has been both constant and massive.
COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of Niche.com
Niche, a group that measures schools on a broad variety of criteria, recently released its rankings for the 2020 school year – and Columbus’ own Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science scored as the best public school in the state! MSMS is located on the campus of the Mississippi School for Women, right here in town.
Among the best in state accolade, the school garnered many other top ratings, including (but not limited to): Best teachers, Best magnet school, Best STEM school, and more; they also fared well in the national rankings, earning first place for Best public school teachers and #5 among the best magnate schools in the nation.
Good for Business salutes MSMS, its teachers and staff, and its students for helping to make the school a shining beacon for others to learn from. Congratulations!
Please click here for the full survey results.
COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch
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When she first arrived, Sanders described her first impression: “I felt like I was on another planet when I came here.” Now, when she gets back from trips back to NYC or anywhere else, she can’t wait to get back to the place she now considers home: “I said, ‘I’m excited to get back to the South.'”
She also remarked that she refuses to simply “
“The lady’s still working here,” said Tanya Andrews, a mother with kids of her own who has been eating at the restaurant since she, herself, was a child, with Sanders there all the while. “It’s good to see you. It’s a blessing you’re still here.”
COLUMBUS, Miss. — Courtesy of MUW
Registerednursing.org recently ranked The W’s online RN-to-Bsn program No. 1 in their 2019 – Best Online RN to BSN Programs in Mississippi list.
“We are very pleased to have our RN to BSN program recognized as number one in the state. The ranking takes note of the fact that the faculty and staff continue to be dedicated to maintaining the highest academic standards while assisting each individual student. The program takes pride in making the transition to a BSN degree as seamless as possible for the working nurse,” said Dr. Tammie McCoy, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
The site stated, “The Mississippi University for Women’s online RN-to-BSN program gives licensed registered nurses a trusted, tested way to accelerate their careers.”
COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch
A ChargePoint electric car charger was recently installed in front of the Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome Center, at 300 Main St. The CLW board voted two months ago to lease the charger from the TVPA; the lease is scheduled for five years CLW director Todd Gale said.
The fee is 75 cents per hour; different vehicles require different charging times. “It’s close to downtown, so people can park, shop around and leave,” Gale said. This one marks the 11th station within a 15-KM radius of Columbus, according to the ChargeHub companion app. Among other local
While the usage of electric cars in the state is still quite low, sales numbers are slowly growing. One potential contributing factor to a possible future growth in sales is the belief that, by 2025, the average price of an electric car will drop below that of gas-powered cars.