I would love to see Ruston develop its downtown with local eateries and bars. It has potential.
I would love to see Ruston develop its downtown with local eateries and bars. It has potential.
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What's the latest on Zaxby's? I have't thought to look at the progress lately.
I would like to see Mayor Hollingsworth and the city would go after Tanger Outlets and build a Foley, AL or San Marcos, TX -sized Tanger Outlet center in Ruston. I'm not talking Vicksburg or Terrell,TX...i'm saying a 150-200 store outlet mall. A BIG HUMMER.
Imagine the tax revenue, jobs, and ripple effect economic development something like that could mean to Ruston/Lincoln! You're an hour east of S/B, 30 minutes west of M/WM, 90 minutes north of Alex/Pineville, and 45 minutes south of El Dorado. Folks would drive in from all over, stay overnight (particularly during the holiday shopping season), eat at your restaurants...and would probably be a strong drawing card for folks to just relocate to Ruston.
Do any of y'all know if a project like that has ever been pursued at all?
The first random thoughts that popped in my head were:
1) the example in Arcadia isn't lighting any motivational fires
2) retail won't come unless they can be directly on I-20
3) Ruston doesn't have enough residential housing
4) people "from everywhere" would just assume drive a little further to Monroe or Shreveport/BC
Personally, to use someone else's words from a meeting I was in this morning...I'd like to see Ruston become a college town, instead of a town with a college. But that requires effort from everyone working together.