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                                                Guiding
                         ACTION                Principles   Initiate     WHO                 Resources
                                               Addressed
                   and high-profile roadway     Complete     years)     Grenada        Grenada Community
                   corridors within Grenada                              County         Foundation
                   County and City, using                                              Mississippi Department
                   these opportunities to                                               of Transportation
                   establish “first
                   impressions,” promote
                   Grenada’s image and
                   communicate community
                   values. [See the Image and
                   Brand-Setting Locations
                   Map later in this plan
                   section.]
             SAP   PROGRAMS AND                 Appealing     Long      Grenada        Mississippi Code relevant
             6     INITIATIVES                 Competitive    Term       County         provisions:
                   Explore whether Grenada      Inclusive     (10+                          Section 17-1-3
                   County should eventually      Unified     years)                          regarding County
                   become a parks provider,     Complete                                     authority for
                   at some level, as more                                                    establishing public
                   population and housing                                                    parks: “The
                   growth occurs outside the                                                 governing authority
                   City of Grenada. As part of                                               of each county and
                   this exploration,                                                         municipality may
                   coordinate with property                                                  create playgrounds
                   owners and the area                                                       and public parks,
                   development community                                                     and for these
                   to identify parkland                                                      purposes, each of
                   acquisition opportunities,                                                such governing
                   including land that is                                                    authorities shall
                   classified as floodplain or in                                            possess the power,
                   other difficult to develop                                                where requisite, of
                   locations.                                                                eminent domain and
                                                                                             the right to apply
                                                                                             public money
                                                                                             thereto, and may
                                                                                             issue bonds therefor
                                                                                             as otherwise
                                                                                             permitted by law.”
                                                                                            Title 55, Parks and
                                                                                             Recreation; Chapter








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