Lee clarifies position on megasite development
Gov. Bill Lee (left) and CEO of Memphis Tourism Kevin Kane join local and state officials at a press conference at B.B. King's Club on Thursday, Feb. 13, to announce two additions to the Civil Rights Trail. Lee said he remains committed to the industrial megasite in Haywood County but doesn’t see it as the only route to economic revival for West Tennessee. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Governor pushed back against word earlier this month that the 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County is not on the administration’s front burner.
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