A New Orleans developer has begun site work in Columbus on a residential and commercial project that could add 400 homes and between 480 and 576 apartment units over the next three to five years.
I see others are now reporting on it with an update:
The oil industry is breathing new life into the tiny town of Columbus - and with the addition of a new housing development, the population could quadruple in size.
Over the next four years, developers will turn this 160-acre lot north of town into a 400-home development.
That's a big change for the Burke County city of about 130 people.
It's a project the town hopes will help them keep their post office, and it will proceed gradually - the first phase is only about 12 homes and an apartment-house.
