Dirt work at I-35 and hwy 77!

[oudirtypop]

Does anybody know what is going on on the west side of 77 just south of the I-35/77 interchange? tons of brush has been cleared. It's the area between 77 and I-35 behind (north of) the big gymnastics place.

[roontburger2006]

No idea..but I'm interested as well.

[oudirtypop]

Anybody out there know anything about this?

[venture]

Wasn't there suppose to be another Big Box church place going up around there?

[kevinpate]

if there are any signs posted, then I'm really in need of new eyewear

[kevinpate]

Ok, either I've cleaned my glasses, or a sign has gone up since Wed. past. I saw a sign today, fairly small, but I don't recall it from before. It noted Norman Christian Academy.

[palintheus]

I had heard about a news story on one of the local channels recently saying something about a prison possibly in that area

[Midtowner]

I had heard about a news story on one of the local channels recently saying something about a prison possibly in that area

You mean a jail?

That'd be an awfully strange place to put a prison... or a jail for that matter. I'd think a jail would be built out in the Tecumseh/I-35 area near the juvenile facility.

[venture]

I dont think they ever nailed down the area for the new Cleveland County Jail - if it happens at all. It was suppose to be somewhere between Indian Hill and Tecumseh.

[kevinpate]

A potential location for a new Cleveland County jail was East of Flood, closer to the tracks off Franklin, if memory serves. The county bought the property from Johnson Controls, for future uses even if a jail is not constructed on the spot. This is not the property that is subject of this thread, so far as i know.

Some folks at 4th and Plum also got involved and rattled sabers, er, um, introduced a bit of legislation. I seem to recall it went off into soundbite land shortly after the cameras were lights out (as is often the case on make a point saber rattlin' type items.)