Mayor updates projects at Rotary meeting
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith updated Rotary Club members Tuesday on a number of projects, including improvements to the Columbus Soccer Complex, renovations to the old Highway 82 bridge and revitalization efforts along Catfish Alley, the section of Fourth Street South between College Street and Main Street.
Mayor’s Unity Picnic scheduled for March 31
When Robert Smith decided to run for mayor, he ran on the platform of uniting the community. And with his annual Unity Picnic looming, Smith said it is still one of his goals.
Infrastructure a top priority for Columbus mayor
Mayor Robert Smith said if he were king for a day, he would improve the city’s infrastructure. The difficulty of being mayor, not king, is the mayor has to have the votes and the money to get it done, Smith said. However, he pledged his No. 1 goal as mayor is improvements in street paving and storm drainage, water and sewer lines.
Mayor touts Kerr-McGee cleanup; Link official doubts it
Cleanup at the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Plant property was a key topic in Mayor Robert Smith’s comments at the Rotary Club’s weekly meeting Tuesday. A $7 million trust fund for the city of Columbus is being used to clean up 28 homes contaminated by the former plant that manufactured pressure-treated wood products, the mayor said.
Conference brings visitors, ‘spiritual impact’ to Columbus
In what is anticipated to become a regular happening in Columbus, the Mississippi Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship is holding its 16th Annual State Conference in the Friendly City for the first time ever.