TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — The effort to build a new municipal complex in Starkville is moving slowly but surely, Mayor Parker Wiseman said Friday, but the city is not yet ready to release details about potential locations.
“The task for us as we bring this project up again is to cull the information that is still useful from past efforts (to build a municipal complex) and then, when we’re satisfied we’ve got a manageable directive that is ready for public input, we will move the project into the public’s eye,” Wiseman said. “Our office is certainly doing regular work on the project and the Board (of Aldermen) is providing input, but the project is not currently at a stage that is ready for the public.”
The city is looking at several sites, including one on Highway 182, where Lafayette Street ends between Jackson Street and D.L. Connor Drive, Wiseman said. He wouldn’t disclose any other potential locations.
“There are others, but what we’re doing right now is evaluating the pros and cons associated with all potential sites,” Wiseman said.
Wiseman this summer said he would like the city to form a committee, possibly with a representative from each of Starkville’s seven wards, to research the possibilities for a new complex. That committee still has not been organized.
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Why weren’t there Christmas lights this year on Main St?
West Point looks great and Starkville’s downtown looks drab and dreary, not Christmassy as in years past.
Whats up with that mayor?
Ho hum, here we go again with the complex.
BA…as for Christmas lights, I’m sure it’s an energy conservation thing – and just think how little space it will take to store them for next year. Isn’t that what you’re thinking, Mr. Mayor? Glad I’ve traveled through other towns recently and have gotten to see some of the traditional lighting that gives you that “Christmas-y” feeling.
Great point, Amazed. Way to make Starkville green and energy efficient. We should just sell the Christmas lights on EBAY.
For the first time in my life, I was actually jealous of West Point as I admired their Christmas lights on Main St and all of Hwy 45.