Car-centric Southaven on Tuesday celebrated the groundbreaking of Silo Square, the suburb's planned community that aspires to blend businesses and housing in a way that is easy, even pleasing, to walk around.
"This is going to be a game-changing development for our city,'' Mayor Darren Musselwhite told about 75 people gathered under a tent near the old, concrete farm silo from which the development draws its name and branding for quaintness.
Read MoreA $200-million entertainment district is coming to Southaven. Developer Brian Hill with Lifestyle Communities is behind the project.
Nearly 230 acres will be called "Silo Square," located across from Snowden Grove Amphitheater on Getwell, between Goodman and Church Roads.
Read MoreA massive 228-acre, mixed-use development will bring a town square comparable to Collierville and Oxford, Miss., to Southaven.
Silo Square, on farmland between Getwell and Tchulahoma roads south of Goodman, calls for a mixture of residential, commercial and public uses
Read MoreIn 1970, Southaven was an unincorporated, 9,000 resident town. It was so sleepy that it lacked even a McDonald's.
By it's incorporation in 1980, about 16,000 people called it home, and by 2000, it held about 29,000 residents. Today, more than 53,000 people live in the fastest-growing city, located just over the state line from Memphis.
And yet, Southaven lacks a true center.
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