VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. says the city’s 210-acre Fisher Ferry property is a good location for an expansion of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center.
Flaggs’ comments came moments before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved a resolution this week putting the property up for sale for 90 days to test buyer interest.
The land was once considered as a site for a sports complex.
The city in 2003 bought a 210-acre tract on Fisher Ferry Road for a sports complex for $325,000. City officials abandoned the project in 2009 after spending an additional $2.7 million for preliminary plans, engineering and dirt work.
The site was considered unsuitable because the property, including the access route, was in a flood zone.
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Information from: The Vicksburg Post, https://www.vicksburgpost.com
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