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BDC and city staff outline downtown cotton‑gin plan, Hot Wheels museum premiere and operational updates
Summary
The Buret Development Corporation and city staff described downtown revitalization plans (including a $50,000 T‑Mobile grant application for cotton‑gin improvements), announced a Hot Wheels museum premiere Jan. 24, and reported operational items including a modest sales‑tax dip and a planned digital timekeeping rollout.
Travis Haggard, representing the Buret Development Corporation, delivered an extended update on downtown revitalization and other projects.
Haggard addressed recent public comments about the condition of 309 North Avenue C and recounted a prior offer the BDC made to purchase a secured outbuilding. He then presented renderings for the downtown cotton‑gin property and outlined elements of a grant application to T‑Mobile seeking $50,000 to support the project. Planned improvements described included selective artificial turf to…
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