Mayor breaks tie to advance application for Southside historic survey grant
A second attempt for a historic survey of Southside homes narrowly passed Columbus City Council Tuesday, but it took Mayor Robert Smith’s tie-breaking vote to do it.
Southside homeowners seek local historic designation
For 40 years, a section of Columbus’ Southside has been recognized as a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places, a largely honorary distinction noted Meredith Massey of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.