Heard Van Lith committed to Purcell today.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

The city and university should work to connect the Cotton District and campus as much as possible with infrastructure. Shops, eateries, bars, maybe entertainment venues.

Alabama has done that right. Once you go past Bryant Denny on University Drive, they’ve got a great entertainment area that extends right into downtown Tuscaloosa. It’s a very lively area that stays packed with students. I’m sure on game days it is swarming with bandwagoners. But you gotta give it to em. They have really improved that area.

Spruill and Keenum have other priorities

[RockyDog]

Spruill and Keenum have other priorities

If their plan is boring people and giving them no incentive to visit when sports aren’t happening, they are doing a bang up job

[StarkVegasSteve]

Spruill and Keenum have other priorities

You can shit on Spruill for a lot, no clue how Keenum caught a stray there, but I can promise they are not the one's impeding growth in Starkville. For all the questionable stuff Spruill will say, her and Parker Wiseman brought Starkville from about 1980 to the 21st century in a matter of 10 years. As I have said before, there's a certain sect of locals that want to impede any and all growth for Starkville. They think all the stuff that was brought to Starkville the last 25 years is because of them. Again, it's not all citizens. It's a certain sect of them. And then there's "We're all going to hell for drinking" Roy Perkins, who somehow still keeps getting elected Alderman. There's another one too that hates growth but I can't think of their name right now. The city of Starkville is a lot like the athletic dept, there's some oldies that need to move on along.