The city hopes to use federal grant money to reopen Fire Station 5 on West Garrard Road, but officials warned Tuesday even that could prove costly to city taxpayers long-term.
All that’s apparently keeping Miskelly Furniture from opening a location in the old Vowell’s Marketplace is whether the city and county will abate a developer’s property taxes.
Mayor Lynn Spruill is proposing an ordinance requiring Starkville businesses and retail centers of a certain size to install security cameras in parking lots, entries and exit areas.
Bridgeway Church will have to wait a bit before it can complete its parking lot expansion, which its leadership says is necessary to address huge growth in the church’s attendance.