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Progress reports were delivered by the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency and Go Forward Pine Bluff during a recent Pine Bluff Development and Planning Committee meeting chaired by Council Member Bruce Lockett.
A special Pine Bluff Development and Planning Committee meeting was called on Wednesday to approve funding for the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Cultural District project, the entirety of which may not happen after the failure of the five-eighths-cent sales tax.
The approval process continued for the rezoning request by Lisciotti Development Corp. to rezone approximately 5.5 acres from R-1, residential, to B-3, highway commercial, at the southeast corner of Olive Street and Interstate 530, a move that will make way for a Chick-fil-A franchise in Pine Bluff.
A cultural development specialist will be hired to oversee the cultural programming in Pine Bluff's development of the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Cultural District.
The Pine Bluff Development & Planning Committee, chaired by council member Bruce Lockett, met Tuesday with various department heads to receive updates on projects.