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Vicksburg Proposes Selective Mixed-Use Development Rules

''Vicksburg is not ready for Smart Growth, but we would like to work in that direction,'' said Mayor Laurence Leyens, pointing out that new zoning for this small city in Warren County near the Mississippi-Louisiana line will allow different neighborhood development rules and mixed uses in some areas. To help design Smart Growth codes, Vicksburg held two public hearings and hosted a team of design experts for two charrette sessions at a total cost of $250,000, reports Vicksburg Post writer Mark J. Armstrong, with the mayor saying the money wasn't wasted because the city ''got a lot of good information out those meetings.'' Newly hired City Planner Wayne Mansfield promised to combine zoning provisions worked out by a citizen committee four years ago with those culled from the Smart Growth charrette in a uniform zoning code he will submit to the city board this summer. -- Vicksburg Post   2/6/2003

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