COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A long-time development plan is seeing movement and future new owners.

Friendly City Development has opted to purchase a little more than 18 acres of the Burns Bottom property for $800,000.

The Columbus Redevelopment Authority made the official announcement at August 19’s city council meeting.

CRA must own the property until dirt and electrical work are completed, because the organization was given grant money to complete those projects.

The organization has been working on redeveloping this area for eight years.

Friendly City Development has been working on the project for about 15 months.

“I’m wildly excited to be able to be involved in my community, making an investment, from an economic standpoint, but also to build something that I get to enjoy, and I ge

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