Mississippi
Jackson Development Will Have Senior Housing, Health Care
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A congregation in Mississippi’s capital metropolis is growing a fancy to offer reasonably priced housing and well being take care of older residents.
Pearl Avenue AME Church plans to tear down the outdated Jackson Southwest Lodge and enhance the world alongside U.S. Freeway 80 in Jackson, WAPT-TV reported. Pastor Samuel Boyd stated Pearl Senior Dwelling Group will likely be constructed on the positioning.
“To offer them a protected haven,” Boyd stated. “So many … have fallen by the cracks.”
The church is teaming up with Jackson-Hinds Complete Well being to place a clinic on the complicated. The venture is funded by low-income tax credit.
The neighborhood can have 74 residences, and Boyd hopes the venture will revitalize the world. Crews have began working, and development is estimated to take about two years.
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