Planning board rejects industrial park project near Hillshire
Eleven-year-old Brynner Salg helps as his grandfather, Gary Walker, speaks Thursday, July 8, to the Land Use Control Board in Memphis City Hall. Walker opposed plans for an industrial park near his Hillshire neighborhood. Seated behind them is attorney Homer Branan, who argued the other side. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)
The Land Use Control Board rejected plans for an industrial park because of the potential negative impact on the Hillshire neighborhood and because the Memphis 3.0 plan calls for the land to remain undeveloped.
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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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