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Nonprofit and developer propose 25–30 affordable apartments at Poindexter Elementary

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The Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Gulf Coast Housing Partnership presented a proposal to repurpose the vacant Poindexter Elementary School into 25–30 affordable housing apartments and community space; the district will consider the proposal at a future board meeting.

The Jackson Public School Board heard an information-only presentation on a proposal to repurpose the former Poindexter Elementary School into affordable housing and community space.

Board members and district staff reviewed a proposal from the Center for Social Entrepreneurship in partnership with Gulf Coast Housing Partnership to convert the roughly 38,000-square-foot building into an apartment development with community space. Mary Elizabeth Evans of Gulf Coast Housing Partnership said the group is “looking at, 25 to 30 apartments there, as well as some community…

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