With shops, restaurants and clubs up and down Farish Street. A revitalized Farish Street District is one step closer to becoming a reality. The area is getting a 1.5-million dollar grant. The money will be used to improve streets, lighting and landscaping - among other things. That's good news to the owner of Christa Bells.
Tourists are what lawmakers eventually want to attract.
The development will reportedly be modeled after Beale Street in Memphis. Long time Farish Street business owners welcome the change. There's been a lot of talk, little action, but sometimes you can't see what's going on behind the scenes. I guess this has been going on for sometime and finally developed. So, I'm very, very happy.