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24 « THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000
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BY GEOFF BELCHER News Editor
The city of Bay St. Louis is in the midst of a period of almost unparalleled growth.
Over the past year, at least one new business per month has opened its doors to customers; real estate development has stepped up exponentially; and the Bay St. Louis City Council has begun and completed several long-term projects to increase tourism, attract new industry and drastically improve the lives of the city’s residents.
One of the newest projects in development is the Chapel Hill Beachfront Community, which began construction earlier this year.
Chapel Hill, s derekpneot of Design Buili Con«nl;mr inc., is a
single-family rr^identcial eooimo-
nity located on nine acres aL the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 90 and Beach Blvd. Within a few months of groundbreaking, much of the infrastructure for the community was completed and work began on some
while attracting new business and protecting the environment and small-town atmosphere which makes “Old Town” Bay St. Louis the unique community it has always been.
Construction is also nearing completion on one of the city’s most ambitious programs, a city-wide drainage project designed to prevent the flooding that previously occurred in virtually every street and every yard after every heavy rain.
The city borrowed a total of $11 million in 1996 and 1997 to finance an expansive capital improvement package including drainage upgrades and repairs and improvements to the city's water, sewer and gas syEtemn.
The vhofe package ms dnridad into tluw asperate projects with n single engineer, James J. Chiniche; and two different contractors, Colom Construction and Kappa Development and General Contracting Inc.
Project C, encompasses the
Bay St. Louis City Hall
Echo staff photo by Donna J. Smith
of the homes which, when complete, will start at $165,000.
It features turn-of-the-century architecture, walking paths, gazebos, a private stretch of white sand beach and an almost-complete pier for the community’s residents.
The city council also recently completed a comprehensive zoning plan designed to greatly enhance existing commercial enterprises such as Casino Magic Bay St. Louis,
downtown “historic district" which runs from the 400 block of Easterbrook and St. James streets back to Hwy. 90 and includes Main, Necaise and Second streets.
Project B runs from Beach Blvd. and Bookter past the old Depot, to the 300 block of Easterbrook and includes Sycamore, Washington, Ballentine and Citizen streets.
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