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a peninsula extending into a 20-acre lake with retail shops, restaurants, single-family and multifamily homes, a pavilion park, open space and trails. A celebration of what the future holds for the Covington area, it offers a symbiotic relationship between public and private as well as indoor and outdoor spaces and a gathering place for the community.
“We are thrilled the City of Covington was so receptive to the overall vision and design of LakePointe,” said Brian Ross, CEO of Oakpointe Communities. “We are already in lease discussions with a variety of prospective tenants including major retailers, a multiplex theater, restaurants, outdoor cafés and coffee shops, wine bars and breweries, soft good retailers, specialty and boutique retailers as well as a gourmet grocer and other neighborhood serving and lifestyle retail.”
grain crust really healthy and yum me. charlotte has its own central park. freedom park is the central park of charlotte. it is 98 acres of lush greenery centered around a 7 acre lake. it is part of the green way system. if you love running, jogging, roller-blading you have all of these trails at your disposal there in the park. it is next to the nature museum discovery place. i grew up in south carolina we always went to discovery place. the kids will love those. and the mint museum you have to check that one out. and lastly we have the bike tour. one of my favorite ways to see a city is by bike. charlotte happens to be a bike friendly city. charlotte nc offers a range of tours from $35 to $75 something for every budget. there s a southern food tour a microbrewery tour it s a great way to see the history and food
president is today. wendell thank you. jon: new information on the damage from what is now tropical depression isaac. life started to return to normal in too new orleans which avoided a direct hit from the storm. areas near the big easy across the mississippi border are battling major flooding and widespread power outages still. steve harrigan is live on the ground in mccomb, mississippi, for us. steve. reporter: frantic efforts underway in this state park where emergency management workers and as well as army corps of engineers they re trying to stop this levee from bursting. it is holding back a 700 acre lake. you have three large tractors pumping out water as fast as possible. if chris can pan over here to the other side. you see opposite work in action. those are backhoes digging slits in the top much this levee. they re trying to reduce pressure on the levee from the water built you will with hurricane isaac the past several days. if this dam were to collapse
from the gulf coast, mandatory evacuations along the area where officials say a dam is in danger of failing. this is located in southwest mississippi. but officials in the state say they are concerned about the flooding. live, here macomb, mississippi, where the dam is located. i understand that it received some of the highest levels of rainfall, almost 11 inches. explain what we re seeing now. reporter: well, right now, they re actually going to plan some type of controlled breach near the dam to help some of the stress and water that is collecting right now in the lake. it is a 700 acre lake, taking on more water. and because of the water that was brought into the lake because of hurricane isaac they re now planning a type of controlled breach. as you mentioned at the top, about 60,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation order, going from kentwood all the way to robert, louisiana, which is
prison sentence for murdering fellow student. the defense has called the dna evidence in the case flawed. the appeals case is in its final stages. and back in the country a florida jury has convict ad millionaire developer in the death of his wife. they found bob ward guilty of second-degree murder. diane ward was found dead in their mansion back in 2009. at the time media reports said ward told a 911 operator quote, i just shot my wife. he contended that his wife was suicidal and that she was shot when the two struggled with a loaded gun. in california the jury has been selected for the trial of michael jackson s personal physician, dr. conrad murray. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the singer s death. opening statements are expected on tuesday. that defunct satellite we ve been talking about has finally crashed to earth in pieces. nasa says it fell somewhere over the pacific around midnight but the agency doesn t have the exact location. bonnie schn