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Planning committee backs third amendment to Fair Park urban renewal plan adding 17 acres
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to recommend the city’s third amended and restated urban renewal plan, expanding the Fair Park urban renewal district by about 17 acres formerly occupied by warehouses; the Tupelo Redevelopment Agency will continue to manage redevelopment and land sales under the amended plan.
The Tupelo Planning Committee unanimously recommended approval of a third amendment and restatement of the Fair Park urban renewal plan to add a roughly 17-acre tract off South Spring Street extending to Elizabeth Street.
Debbie Brangenberg, project director for the Tupelo Redevelopment Agency (TRA), presented the amendment and a timeline tracing Fair Park’s planning and phased development dating to the 1990s. She said the newly proposed tract—formerly the Federal Compress property—became available through a property trade and is contiguous to previously developed phases. Brangenberg…
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