Jackson Jambalaya

it was acquired to build baseball parks so madison teams could play in madison instead of canton, jackson, etc. not nearly enough ball fields in madison

I've heard of water polo, but water baseball?????

but the new lake will help mitigate a lot of that as well as make the flat land surrounding it much easier to develop for construction.


Hmmm......

12:34: illiteracy is indeed a crippling ailment. i applaud you for soldiering on regardless

150 acre plot, 42 acre lake

Yes it was supposed to be for youth sports, namely soccer and baseball, with Queen Mary trying to strong arm certain sporting parents to fund the construction. The facilities in Tupelo, Oxford, Cordova are so superior to the embarassingly few offerings of Madison, The City, it is indeed embarassing. The revenue generated from tournaments via hotels, restaurants, parking, etc would pay for these fields in short order. But no, Queen M wants private sector to provide municipal parks.

Developing a portion of that land with baseball fields and soccer fields where tournaments could be held, would be a HUGE boon to the area. Just go to Mike Rose Soccer complex in Germantown. There are games there almost every single day. Hotels and restaurants galore. The complex has helped the development of the Hacks Cross area tremendously.

Madison has enough cutesy houses in developments with for sale signs all over the place.

Madison housing in ten years will be a mess. Every time a new development goes up, the older homes take a hit.

"Madison housing in ten years will be a mess. Every time a new development goes up, the older homes take a hit."


In ten years, the powers that be will have cashed out, so I doubt they are all that concerned about the folks left with the mess.

In 1979, I lived in one of the neighborhoods mentioned as having " flooding issues"...no " flooding issues" even during the great flood other than a couple of low lots that didn't get properly prepped by the builder. Even with those houses, it wasn't more than a landscaping problem. So, what happened?

Madison housing in ten years will be a mess. Every time a new development goes up, the older homes take a hit.

It will take 40-50 years for Madison to look like Jackson. Outside of a half-dozen named neighborhoods, Jackson is swirling the bowl.

I can see it now. Come vist "Butler Lake" in Madison, bring the entire family enjoy our quaint cafe that was designed like CVS or have a snack by the pool in our Lowes inspired snack bar. Sit under large umbrells complete with air conditioning. Want to cool off try our brick paddle boats. Come early because we forgot to plan the roads so traffic might be a problem.

Petty jealousy. You should be as concerned about Jackson's vanishing tax base.

I can see the pitch for a similar Jackson development now:

Architectural Design: Modern day crackhouse.

Attire: Kevlar optional, but highly recommended.

Parking: Free valet. Just hand your keys to the gentleman holding the gun.

Amenities: Free light bulbs courtesy of Hugo Chavez via Chock Ludumba;, free school supplies handed out by Kenny Stokes.

Dining: Free hot dogs and hamburgers while they last (just get there before Big Ken shows up with the fat pencils and trapper keepers).

Trapper keepers.......ha ha ha.
Do they still use those things?

@10:35 - Yes, but only for "official" Council business.

@9:10, you are SO right. The roads in Madison, The City, (what a silly thing to call a municipality) are a disgrace. Aside from the lack of planning, the maintenance is horrendous. I'd rather deal with the huge potholes than the "repairs", which are always worse than the pothole. Need to have an intersection restriped? Fuggeddaboutit. I can't wait to see the "downtown development". (Apparently no road planning here either.) It's a good thing there will be a bypass so folks won't be forced to drive by and see Queen Mary's latest ideas on architecture.

Perhaps Big Kenny's mom bought him one for official business...

I have lived in Madison for about 10 years, located here because of closness to contract I was on. I liked it so much I stayed after contract was over. Now, I must tell you I love it here but.... It angered me everytime I would here the "we want to get the rooftops in first then the retail then, well duh along with each rooftop today comes 3.2 cars per household! How in the hell could someone miss that fact! I am not in the planning or urban design business and even a dummy like me knows that. It is a tired old saw to make up for lack of intellect on someones part. Madison will contine to grow just like Ridgeland because the citizens will hold leaders feet to the fire, even when they make stupid comments and mistakes.

They bought the land with the intention of putting the ball fields on them. Now they're going to put them in across from the proposed St. Dominic Hospital on Galleria Parkway. Should still bring in the crowds and I suspect that Mary made some sort of deal with St. D. to pay for them

I vote we take tax payers money and send Queen Mary and Big Mouth Kenny on a one-way trip to an isolated island. Then in 10 years, we will send reporters there to check on their progress. I imagine it would look something like a nightmare of Walt Disney, may he rest in peace.