Land acquisition: No plans yet for property

Published 12:01am Thursday, December 6, 2012

 

NATCHEZ — The purchasers of the 15.4 acres of property behind the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center have no immediate plans for the property.

The property was purchased from the City of Natchez by the Worley Family Trust and is adjacent to Dunleith, which the family also owns.

Dunleith General Manager John Holyoak said there are currently no plans for the property. He said the property was purchased to ensure nothing that might be detrimental to Dunleith’s business was built on the property.

The Natchez Board of Aldermen recently declared the property surplus and voted last week to sell the property for $192,000 to the Worley Family Trust.

The sale price was determined by the average of two appraisals of the property as required by law.

The sale of the property is contingent upon approval of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, which must have the opportunity to conduct an impact study on the property.

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  • Anonymous

    IT WAS A FOOTBALL STADIUM. What in the world could the Mississippi Department of Archives and History POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS???? They screwed the Worley’s once on the bluff condo project, I guess they’ll be looking for some loophole to do it again.

  • Anonymous

    Probably a few teeth lying around in the dirt……..may be historic!

  • Anonymous

    Maybe they will find the contact lens I lost on the field one Fall Friday night in 1969.

  • Khakirat

    I still claim that this isn’t legal till public property is advertised in the local newspaper so the general public can bid on the property!! Why is it always the high rollers in Natchez think they are above the law??!! I guess that it is done so regular that they don’t pay attention to the law and I guess (THATS THE NATCHEZ WAY) huh??!! They need to sell the rest of the parcel to complete the sell(Old High School) for its a liability to the city taxpayers!

  • Anonymous

    Joe Fortunato and Allen Brown probably sweated there, maybe there is some trace DNA of football stars in the making.

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