about the city of Jackson.
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 dawgstudent
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Ben Allen on SS930 is having a great interview... |
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Posts: 12431 06/26/08 08:23 AM The Godfather |
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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 MSUCE99 |
Care to recap, for us greater Jacksonians? | #1 | ||
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Posts: 2451 06/26/08 08:59 AM |
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AzzurriDawg4 |
Good Stuff | #2 | ||
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Posts: 320 06/26/08 09:10 AM |
Way too much to recap and it is hard to capture Allen's excitement about downtown in words, but basically he talks about:
Brining a new high-tech stadium to downtown; The growth of the city is tracking various other metro areas, specifically Little Rock, which is very similar in size and demographis (and they are doing a lot better than we are) - he is taking a large group there this summer to see the ways that they helped their downtown area rebound; Viability of various projects, including Farish St. and Old Capitol Green; The mixed-use development going in at the old Blind School site - that is going to be awesome; Talked about how eager out-of-state developers are to get in Jackson because of the relatively low property costs, go zone, and the insane amount of traffic that passes through town on 55 and 20; mainly he harped on the negative/backwards attitutdes in Jackson and is trying to reverse that way of thinking. Again, there was more to it, but I think that is the jist. You can check them out at ItsDowntown.com. |
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AzzurriDawg4 |
Editing | #3 | ||
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Posts: 321 06/26/08 09:12 AM |
Is there a reason I can't go back and edit my post if I see that I made a typo, or is that just a YUKU thing?
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dawgstudent |
Do you not have an edit option... | #4 | ||
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Posts: 12432 06/26/08 09:23 AM The Godfather |
at the bottom left corner of your post?
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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FlabLoser |
finally, somebody gets it | #5 | ||
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Posts: 4571 06/26/08 09:27 AM |
I've been disappointed for years that is it seemed Jackson leaders struggled at attempts to invent the wheel. Ben Allen's thoughts echo mine in that
everyone understands Jackson is a couple decades behind everyone else and the plus side to that is we need only to look at other cities who were once in our
shape to see how they did it. The future is not small government-owned collessiums where policies prevent the sale of been and favor dirt-filled redneck events
over sports and concerts. The future, hell the present for more progressive places - like TUPELO, is corporate-sponsored revenue-generating arenas with
sufficient seating, functionality, and surrounding infrastructure (hotels, restaurants, etc).
I also echo his opinion that a modern arena is coming to Jackson metro and that the said arena needs to be in Jackson. We have the metro population and income levels to support such a thing. Its going to happen. And it would be best for all if it were in our central location of Jackson. He went on to talk about more than arenas, but that's pretty much the jest of it. That many other cities like Little Rock & Chattanooga(sp) have already done what we're trying to do. And we're currently ahead of where they were when they started. We need to follow their lead. So he's taking a group of government & investor types to Little Rock to see how its done. EDIT: line inserted here just to show that it can be done. |
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AzzurriDawg4 |
No | #6 | ||
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Posts: 323 06/26/08 09:42 AM |
Just "Interact" and "qoute/reply" on the right.
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saddawg |
And there is as much chance of him being THE leader | #7 | ||
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Posts: 2180 06/26/08 09:44 AM |
of Jackson as there is of McCain carrying the Delta.
"You dipshits need lives,or some pussy,losers."-Lipsticlady "Because all they hire are dopeheads and 17 ups from ka, pike, kappa sigma, and sigma chi" -The Tickler- King of All GDI'S My friends all worry about me, They think I'm throwing my life away, It's kind of hard being upwardly mobile, when you're laying in the sun all day. |
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Shmuley |
I hope when they get to LR, ... | #8 | ||
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Posts: 432 06/26/08 09:46 AM |
they spend much time hearing about how LR started dealing with their crime problem aggressively.
"He arrives at the football with very bad intentions." Coach Samsel, Olive Branch HS, in describing his Senior Safety, Rod Woodson
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eckie1 |
eh? | #9 | ||
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Posts: 896 06/26/08 09:59 AM |
Every crime stat I ever see for mid-sized cities has LR either neck and neck with or above Jackson.
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FlabLoser |
Ben Allen is right where he needs to be | #10 | ||
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Posts: 4574 06/26/08 10:03 AM |
City government is not the answer for Jackson. We need business involvement. Ben is in a position to court businesses and he's got government contacts he
needs to glue in seams.
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dawgstudent |
Jackson's metro population is 530K... | #11 | ||
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Posts: 12434 06/26/08 10:05 AM The Godfather |
there is enough support in the area if something worthwhile makes you want to go downtown.
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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eckie1 |
Did you mean to direct that to me? | #12 | ||
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Posts: 897 06/26/08 10:16 AM |
I wasn't trying to imply anything about not wanting to go downtown... I was just adding my $.02 to Shmuley's comment about LR.
There's at least as much money, if not more, being pumped into downtown Jackson than any other regional downtown that I know of. And, it appears to be a good mix of local and outside investment. I would think that, in the end, it will be a more than worthwhile place to be. Funny about the metro population.... every time I see it posted somewhere, it's different. I've seen it as low as 400K and as high as close to 700K. I've always found it funny that Copiah and Simpson county are included in the MSA, but not Warren county which shares a lot more traffic with the metro area than either of the other two. |
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Pimp Doggy |
It was Great! | #13 | ||
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Posts: 2498 06/26/08 10:17 AM It Ain't Easy |
it was GREAT. I heard it yesterday and listened again this morning. I know one guy that e-mailed the host and the station manager asking them to link the
interview on the website. He told me a link will be available, probably this afternoon. When I get it, I'll put in here.
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dawgstudent |
It's 530 according to this link... | #14 | ||
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Posts: 12435 06/26/08 10:25 AM The Godfather |
http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/tables/CO-EST2006-01-28.csv
and I thought the same thing about Warren as well. If you include Warren, it's close to 600K. 
If you just take the big 3 (Madison, Rankin, and Hinds), its 475. here is the metro of Jackson...
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Last Edited By: dawgstudent 06/26/08 10:36 AM.
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Todd4State |
They also need to look at | #15 | ||
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Posts: 1568 06/26/08 11:26 AM |
Memphis and how they have revitalized their downtown area, and a lot of it centers around Autozone Park and Beale St.
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ArmyofDoggness |
They need to look at Montgomery, AL | #16 | ||
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Posts: 43 06/26/08 11:50 AM |
and see what the stadium could have meant, I have seen Montgomery go from Jacksonesque to very nice in just a couple of years mainly by the development of the
Biscuits stadium and the surounding amenities. Jackson is always going to be Jackson, sorry Ben the quicker you and anyone else figure that out the better off
you will be. Even though you have good intentions and a very good businessman, as well a frat brother, you probably are too late and out on an island on this
one. Your collegues have agendas and very bad ones that will continue to drive Jackson down until they are gone and replaced by people like you which will not
happen.
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Posts: 1145 06/26/08 11:59 AM |
Wow, let it never be said that you're part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
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Optimus Prime 4 |
when they built Autozone in downtown memphis people thought they were crazy | #18 | ||
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Posts: 4725 06/26/08 12:04 PM Cobra Kai Sensei |
now it's helped lead a complete revitalization of downtown. My hometown of greensboro, NC just built one too, now new restaurants, bars, lofts, etc. are
popping up all around it.
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rebelrouseri |
May want to use that edit thingy again.... | #19 | ||
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Posts: 904 06/26/08 12:06 PM |
The future is not small government-owned collessiums where policies prevent the sale of beenAnd i've heard all this before whether it was harvey's bus rides or numerous king edward plans; i'll believe it when i see it. isn't melton still the mayor? |
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Pimp Doggy |
OK people, here's the interview......... | #20 | ||
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Posts: 2499 06/26/08 12:07 PM It Ain't Easy |
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| Ben Allen on SS930 is having a great interview... | 06/26/08 08:23 AM | dawgstudent |
| Care to recap, for us greater Jacksonians? | 06/26/08 08:59 AM |