Vote delayed for Olive Branch rezoning, landfill expansion
Alderwoman Pat Hamilton attends an Olive Branch Board of Aldermen meeting Sept. 16, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Olive Branch leaders pushed off final approval Tuesday night on rezoning an area of the city that would allow for a controversial industrial park to be built near the intersection of Church and Craft roads.
The proposed nearly 600-acre “DeSoto Innovation District” aims to bring advanced manufacturing jobs to the city and expand the county landfill, which is near capacity.
The board will now take a final vote Sept. 1 after city planning officials work with the developer on changes to the project plans that were suggested Tuesday night.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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