Melton Pleased with King Edward Progress
By WAPT Channel 16
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
JACKSON, Miss. -- Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is
singing a different tune about the King Edward Hotel
renovation project.
The developers opened up the site Tuesday to a tour for public officials and media.
The mayor had been one of the biggest opponents to the project to turn the old hotel into condos,
apartments and retail space -- but he said that's not the case anymore.
"You know, I kind of started off with a little
controversy to get this thing done because it
is so critical to Jackson, but I have been
working with David and his partners and
I'm very pleased," Melton said.
The cleanup work on the King Edward is
finished. Heavy construction is set to start
in November, with the project completion
date set for April 2009.
