I’m your neighborhood reporter Darius Udrys and, through an investigation, I’ve learned that the City of Jackson’s decision to sell the T.A. Wilson Academy Building to a local non-profit was missing one key piece: the funds to make it happen.
“The facts right now is that the building can be sold for $150,000. I think we should take that offer.”
That’s Jackson Mayor Daniel Mahoney in March 2024 , expressing a desire to sell the T.A. Wilson Academy Building to Residents in Action (RiA) for the building’s conversion into a homeless resource center. City Council approved the sale.
CHECK OUT OUR COVERAGE OF THAT MEETING HERE . …