West Point parks remain closed amid pandemic despite selectman’s objections
Another month, another failed effort by Ward 4 Selectman Keith McBrayer to open the city parks.
Effort to partially open West Point parks fails Tuesday
Following Tuesday evening’s board of selectmen meeting, Ward 4’s Keith McBrayer approached Parks and Recreation Director Jarrod McDaniel as others filed out of the boardroom.
“Well, I tried,” he told McDaniel, flatly. “I’ll try again next month.”
Skate park, playground, pool renovations on Parks improvement plan
A variety of renovations and additions to local parks in the next few years are under consideration, including a skate park, a wheelchair-accessible playground, a new Moncrief Park pool house and the movement of Starkville’s community garden from one park to another.
Starkville voters OK tourism tax increase for parks
The city will implement a new 1-percent addition to its tourism taxes after voters overwhelmingly approved it in Thursday’s special election.
Nearly 74 percent of voters favored the tax, which passed with 1,689 votes for and 600 votes against.
Undecided voters on parks issue look at effect on existing facilities
Mario Tate isn’t sure how he’s voting Thursday in Starkville’s special election.
The city is holding a referendum on a 1-percent increase to its restaurant and hotel/motel sales taxes to fund park improvements, including a new tournament-ready facility at Cornerstone Park.
Parks and recreation department looking to increase involvement in baseball
The city of Starkville will look to add another sports coordinator position to its parks department as it seeks greater involvement with organizing baseball.
Repairs, enhancements top list of parks goals
Starkville’s parks and recreation department is looking at a range of improvements across its facilities, should aldermen approve a proposed budget with a significant increase in parks spending.
After fierce debate, county agrees to help fund city parks
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to provide $200,000 to the city of Columbus for use on its parks and recreation for Fiscal Year 2018-19 with no strings attached.
Second indictment issued in parks embezzlement case
A second former Starkville Parks and Recreation employee has been indicted for an embezzlement scheme that saw five arrested through December and January.
City, county clash over Soccer Complex upkeep
County officials are denying claims they want to keep the Columbus Recreation Authority leagues from using the Lowndes County Soccer Complex downtown.
Starkville works to improve cash monitoring after Parks embezzlement
Starkville is striving to improve the controls it has in place to monitor for cash irregularities after an embezzlement investigation rocked its Parks and Recreation department.
New county parks system up and running
A couple of weeks after its split with Columbus, Lowndes County has its parks and recreation department up and running with an office and phones.
City, county parks system prepare for split
In less than two weeks, the Columbus-Lowndes Recreational Authority will cease to exist in its current form.
Future of local parks becoming clearer
Details of what a potential city-county recreational split may look like are emerging after the first meeting of a transitional committee.
CLRA future looks bleak
It appears the fate of the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority may be sealed.
Slimantics: Coming soon: The Columbus-Lowndes Parks and Ruin Authority
Monday, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors met with city of Columbus and members of the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority to dig deep into the issues facing the parks system.
Starkville aldermen stop short of amending SPRD director’s duties
Aldermen approved two middle management positions within the Starkville Parks and Recreation Department Tuesday but stopped short of redefining SPRD Director Herman Peters’ role as it will function with the addition of a maintenance director and sports programming director in the future.
Supes cut funding to CLRA
Lowndes County supervisors voted to reduce county funding to the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority during a specially-called meeting Thursday morning.
Our View: All county residents deserve constructive discussions on parks
Tuesday, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to send a notice of intent to withdraw from its inter-local agreement with the city to operate our parks.
Lowndes County issues intent to split from CLRA
Lowndes County has formally announced its intent to withdraw from the Columbus Lowndes Recreation Authority.