Progress is being made on the Village of Livingston housing development [Video]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Future home buyers in Jackson may soon have a new option, as progress is being made on a development that will bring more than 200 rooftops to the city.

Progress is being made on a new development, once the site of the old Hood Manufacturing building.

The overgrown property and decades-old smoke stack will no longer be an eyesore for residents as developers soon begin clearing the land to make way for the Village at Livingston Place.

“If it’s beneficial to the community and allowing people to have somewhere to stay, I don’t see any problem with it,” said Lee Nelson.

The telecommunications company specialist lives on Albermarle Road near the planned development that will initially construct about 46 homes valued between $200,000.00 and $300,000.00.

Project developer Robert Gibbs said Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba signed off on the plans September 20.

Nelson welcomes the type of …