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Mayor urges action on deteriorating Highway Baptist Church property after fire marshal warnings
Summary
Southaven mayor and aldermen discussed code violations and safety hazards at the abandoned Highway Baptist Church and Academy property at Dorchester Drive and Highway 51 and asked the public and alumni to propose preservation or remediation steps; city officials said condemnation is a possible remedy if no private group steps forward.
Mayor and members of the Southaven Board of Aldermen spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing the deteriorating Highway Baptist Church and former academy at the corner of Dorchester Drive and Highway 51, citing repeated code violations and fire marshal findings that parts of the site are unsafe to enter.
The mayor said the property has “almost countless code enforcement violations” over several years and asked residents and former students to form a group to restore the site. “If Highway Baptist Church and Academy has value to you and you wanna step…
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