EDGE moves to help pay for Liberty Park
Local governments are borrowing up to $75 million of the $125 million to develop Liberty Park on the old Mid-South Fairgrounds property on the eastern edge of Midtown. (Daily Memphian file)
The EDGE Board approved an “inducement resolution,” and will later vote to authorize issuance of up to $75 million in Tourism Development Zone bonds to help pay for the $125 million Liberty Park.
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Liberty Park Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE)Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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