Monday, November 20, 2017

Who is coming to Flowood?

What is going on at this site on Lakeland Drive?




Clearing the site is clearly taking place.   What will be built?  Is another Jackson business fleeing to Flowood?

54 comments:

Anonymous said...

Crime is sure to follow.

Anonymous said...

That, my friend, is America being made great again in full swing.

Anonymous said...

My knee hurts!

Anonymous said...

Jackson Sports Medicine...??

Anonymous said...

Can't tell from the pic, but I suppose it could be the new Community Bank fortress site?

Anonymous said...

It’s not the Community Bank site

Anonymous said...

Actually MS Sports Medicine. Not sure what Jackson sports medicine is

Anonymous said...

Look many of the places moving are owned by Jackson residents. Juniker jewelry most of doctors at GI and associates are Jackson residents as well as Mississippi sports medicine doctors live in NE Jackson and belhaven. Goodness people. I hire employees for Madison and Rankin Co even 3 from Simpson Co and 1 from copies crystal springs. I also live in jackson. Give it a rest. If it weren't for Jackson the city there would be no flood no Madison etc... people here seem to not realize this unlike other large metro areas.

Anonymous said...

12:34, would you please get one of your many employees to make sense of your ramblings? Maybe, if one of them (preferably the one who's heard of COMMAS) were to produce a coherent post, we'd discover that you actually have something to say.

Anonymous said...


AMEN 1:08 !!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

It's a Burger Doodle!! And, you can eat in the car!!

Anonymous said...

Might it be Capital Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine? There was a story in last week's Rankin County News about them building a new facility somewhere in Flowood.

Anonymous said...

2:15 I think the Capital Ortho clinic is being built off Flowood Drive.

Anonymous said...


It's the new Flowood "Platinum Plus"...ya know, like Atlanta and Memphis

Anonymous said...

Not at that location but a convention center on a golf course, next to the airport is coming. #yougonnagetmuggedifyougodowntown

Anonymous said...

It's MS Sports Medicine. They already had a satellite office across Lakeland in the shopping center at corner of Airport and Lakeland

Anonymous said...

@ 3:20 - the golf course is already there. It’s getting a makeover, and a hotel/conference center is coming. Not really big enough to be considered a convention center.

Anonymous said...

Steak and Shake Location 1b???

Anonymous said...

Just when Obamacare is to implode, a new building sprouts up. Nice timing, guys

Anonymous said...

Ferrari dealership

Anonymous said...

I'm hoping for a bank and Mexican restaurant.

Anonymous said...

Who would want to serve on Trump's Federal Reserve when the economy is about to Implode..... Yellen is getting out with her had held high! The Obama economy has lead many to economic freedom! Trump's will destroy that middle class expansion!

Anonymous said...

That's the new fireworks warehouse!

Captain Obvious said...

Rest assured it aint a liquor store.

Anonymous said...

Some el cheapo fast food outlet following its customers to the east.

Justice for Tyrion said...

Jackson continues to lose businesses and y’all think this is some kind of joke? If Jackson loses we all lose. If this is another business that left Jackson then I say boycott it and make an example. We must end this economic racism where successful businesses leave a place just because it isn’t white enough for them.

Anonymous said...

@7:49pm You prove again that economists understand sociology much better than sociologists understand economics.

Anonymous said...

Don't boycott... that hurts the doctors that largely live in city of jackson. I live in Jackson and have 2 businesses outside of jackson. Why would you boycott? Completely stupid idea. The person earlier mentioned juniker jewelry in Madison that family lives in Jackson. Same goes for stores on Jackson street in Ridgeland. Owned by family that lives in Jackson as does the plastic surgery center physician and it's in ridgeland. You want to boycott why?

Kingfish said...

No one chooses a doctor based upon whether he or she practices in Madison or Jackson. You say boycott until you tear up a knee, need a hip replacement, or have to get a colonoscopy and then you don't care where the doctor is.

Anonymous said...

Justice for Tyrion is as stupid as always. The only color business people are interested in is green (someone explain that phrase to him). Sheesh.

Anonymous said...

7:49 That's lame. To think you can tell ANY business owner how, when and where to operate is asinine. Their reason may, or may not, be based on local demographics. The best you can do is try to create conditions so that might not be the case.

I Don't Go To Jackson said...

"No one chooses a doctor based upon whether he or she practices in Madison or Jackson."

That's not at all true. The last two surgeries I had were done in Jackson but I chose surgeons with offices in Madison because I wanted the pre and post op visits (five post op so far) to be in Madison rather than in Jackson.

My family also chooses to use the GI Associates location in Madison.

In fact, come to think of it, we don't use any medical facility in Jackson any longer except for hospitals and we would not have that issue if they'd get up off that stupid Certificate of Need crap.

Not sure what you base your claim on Kingfish. Maybe because you don't live in Madison.

Anonymous said...

"....The person earlier mentioned juniker jewelry in Madison that family lives in Jackson. Same goes for stores on Jackson street in Ridgeland. Owned by family that lives in Jackson as does the plastic surgery center physician and it's in ridgeland...."
November 20, 2017 at 8:53 PM

I'm pretty sure "The person earlier" is YOU. Apparently, you have no idea, the degree to which your personal writing "style" departs from the norm.

Justice for Tyrion said...

Jackson is hurting right now and everyone on this blog seems to be cheering it’s demise. Even this post by KF is presented in a way that welcomes and celebrates this continuing trend where businesses and economic activity leave our city. Jackson needs everyone to set aside their prejudices and racial anxieties and come together in order to save the capital city.

Anonymous said...

11:06
I can assure you that the doctors you see at the GI associates all live in NE Jackson and a few in belhaven. I would venture to say that you were either raised in a small rural town or lack or lack college degree.

Anonymous said...

I find all of this boycott talk on here extremely detrimental to the metro area as a whole. This sounds like the time a city councilman suggested Jackson residents boycott outside businesses. Truthfully his ward is completely different from northeast Jackson and the burbs as people call them. Same mentality applies to the "food desert" let me assure you that if a grocery chain can make it in a certain area they will be open for business. Problem here is they weren't making money due to low cost foods being purchased as well as crime. People criticize me bc I own and operate 20 payday loan shops in areas like south jackaon west jackson,canton, Ridgeland, Clinton pearl,Vicksburg starkville, Batesville Greenville and Natchez etc... demographics of income determines everything. I was recently told if I believe these are needed in the areas I locate them. I live in meadowbrook highlands in Northeast Jackson and supply and demand is the name of the game for private business. Simple rules of economics. It's not black it's not white. Only business. Only if stokes and stamps could figure this rule out!!!

Anonymous said...

It's obvious that some of you either haven't been to Jackson in a long, long time or else are remarkably unobservant.

Louis LeFleur said...

I heard this will be a new Danny's. Instead of Danny's Downtown, it'll be called Danny's in the Boonies.

Anonymous said...

6:57,
Your obviously not aware that the NAACP has called for a nation wide crackdown on these payday loans for taking advantage of lower income individuals including single mothers as well as black areas and zipcodes. Do you loan to people in your area of Jackson or the suburbs? I think not. These are clearly racially in terms of who your lending to. Don't know how you sleep at night bro! The Bible speaks out against lenders like yourself..

Anonymous said...

Now that Lakeland Drive is 6 lanes all the way to Castlewoods expect many more construction sites to appear. Build it and they will come. Flowood knows how to attract and keep business. Expect big things.

Anonymous said...

8:14,

Riddle me this. Why would his neighbors in Meadowbrook Highlands need a payday lender?

I'll wait.

Anonymous said...

8:30,

Which is why Flowood is the wealthiest city in the state. They are unabashedly pro-business. The disproportionate mix of commercial vs residential development keeps the coffers full. It's a formula that appears to be working.

Anonymous said...

8:30
I agree with you and I live in Jackson. Flowood certainly does know how to keep businesses. Remember also the area of Eastover is about 200 yards from flowood as the crow flies. I also frequently shop there it's convenient for me as well.

Anonymous said...

8:14 "Do you loan to people in your area of Jackson or the suburbs?" He doesn't for the same reason his community doesn't patronize tattoo or hair braiding salons either. It's based on demographics... or what you call racism

Anonymous said...

6:57,
I sleep fine at night and I provide for my family through this business I started and grew overtime. I am aware of the NAACP calling for boycott on this form of lending. I am in business bc of the need for the service. If you prefer I can send them your way for a small loan to pay the light bill or the heating bill. Otherwise be quiet am stop preaching. Several years ago respect our black dollars tried to protest outside of my neighborhood and the guard ran them off and it was about 15 people they brought to hold signs. Maybe they would hire the majority black female workers I currently hire since they insist I shutdown.

Anonymous said...

8:14
Man your proving my point exactly... his community don't need loans bc they white and came up with some money from day 1 not like demographics in south Jackson canton natchez. He preys on the less fortunate that are born into poverty and need a helping hand. Nobody looking out for us except the leaders of NAACP and some preachers they are also community activist. You can't know what it's like.

Anonymous said...

10:12,

I'm white and from south Jackson. Family originally from Natchez. Your argument is flawed because you make assumptions based on race.

Here's the truth: how about you watch out for your damn self and stop depending on the NCAA or part-time preachers that are community activists for help. They sure don't give a damn about you as an individual and are in it for the money, fame, power or a combination of all three.

Anything less than that is an excuse.

Anonymous said...

The Flowood governance model: Annex commercial; DO NOT annex residential. Residential = voters, muckrakers, complainers, idiots, police matters and infrastructure costs. Commercial = zero voters, sales tax and valuable ad valorem. Take all the commercial and leave the shit to the county.

Hey, all you stupid ass subdivision residents in and around the reservoir: You want your drainage problems dealt with? Organize your lazy asses into a cabal and threaten Rhoads to encircle his ass with a new municipality that cuts him off from additional pathways to growth. Force his greedy ass to take y'all in like should have been done decades ago. You don't have to go all the way. Just threaten to cut him off and he'll have no choice but to annex y'all. Make your drainage problems Flowood's problems. They have the money to address your problems.

Louis LeFleur said...

Anon. 11:04, NCAA??? I'm assuming you meant NAACP.

Anonymous said...

11:14am....i am not one of those stupid ass reservoir subdivision people, but i am pretty sure that area is already Brandon and has been for many years.

For the payday guy up above...justify it all you want to yourself, but the vast majority of decent people think you are scum. Those who don't tell you that make fun of you behind your back for not having a real business, for preying on the suffering of others. Since you claim that you are just providing a helpful service, i guess you are doing so at tiny interest rates that never compound and/or balloon huh. Surely you aren't charging 15-20-25% and keeping these poor souls on ever increasing piles of debt.

Glad to know you are a sociopath and get a good night of rest. You need to invest in the next door liquor store as well so you can gig em again.

Anonymous said...

Whatever it is, it’s sure to be as high-end and aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the Lakeland Strip. Hopefully, some more Mexican gastronomy will grace these suburban fields.

Anonymous said...

@731, whats the ethnicity of that new joint that's all the rage in that new development off of 55? Just because it's upscale Mexican doesn't make it not a Mexican place....and it's new, like a strip center, not some old school Jackson eatery.

Anonymous said...

"11:06 - I can assure you that the doctors you see at the GI associates all live in NE Jackson and a few in belhaven. I would venture to say that you were either raised in a small rural town or lack or lack college degree."

Frankly I don't care where the medical professional lives. The claim was made that nobody chooses a doctor based on where he practices. That's false. Run your theory by the thousands of patients being seen in the buildings out on the north end of the parkway in Madison.

People like me will do almost anything to avoid having to go to Jackson for any kind of procedure or followup. That's not always possible, but, when its and option, you can bet your Belhaven gate it will be the chosen one.

Anonymous said...

Yeah I went to eat at the district at Eastover restaurant called cantina Larado and I saw absolutely no Hispanics basically all whites. Correct me if I am wrong but, I like to have some authenticity when I go eat Mexican food. Also I waited 45 minutes to be seated and spent $50 for my dinner. It's basically a Northeast Jackson yuppie hangout. I may be a bit to critical of the food because I grew up in San Antonio Texas.


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