My mind has been elsewhere lately but like a squirel collecting pecans I’ve been saving links as there seems a good bit of news is coming from the west side of the coast.
First off the the grand re opening of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club. JR Welsh has the report:
“We’re coming back. Bay St. Louis is coming back. Let’s do it together,” Commodore Judy Reeves told the crowd.
The new 10,500-square-foot building is made of concrete and steel. It has a dining room that will seat 200, a bar, boardroom, offices and locker rooms.
After Katrina wiped out the old clubhouse, a temporary club with trailers and a deck was back in place by January 2006. Ground was broken for the new clubhouse in September 2007.
The yacht club has a long history that has experienced bad luck on more than one occasion. The original building was located at the foot of Washington Street. It was completed in 1897 at a cost of $2,500 and was destroyed by a hurricane in 1915. Continue reading “Around the GO Zone in 60 Seconds: Hancock County Edition Money Money Money!!!”