The cement is poured and the grounds are beginning to take shapefor the RV park being put in adjacent to the Lincoln CountyMulti-Purpose Facility.

Multi-Purpose General Manager Quinn Jordan said the park, whichofficials hope will be finished within about two months, willfeature 39 concrete RV slots, complete with water, sewer andelectrical hookups. Initial plans included 53 spots, but Jordansaid those 14 extras will be added on in future projects.

“The reason we did this is that when we looked at all theprojects we’re working on, we saw that this one had the greatesteconomic impact to the city and the county,” he said, adding thattax dollars will be brought in not only by the cost of renting theslots, but that travelers will spend their money in localbusinesses.

Jordan said the multi-purpose commission also chose to undertakethe RV park project because of its potential to pay for itself. Itcosts $575,000, with $250,000 available via a grant from the PearlRiver Basin Development District.

Officials are excited about the project, Jordan said, because itallows visitors to park their RVs and stay for days.

The park will be complete with bathhouses that have men’s andwomen’s restrooms and two showers each. There are also threehandicapped slots, Jordan said, with easy bathhouse access.

There are also plans to add a pavilion at some point in thefuture.

Jordan said there are a few immediate groups of people the RVpark hopes to impact and draw to the county. The first, of course,is the demographic brought in by events at the Multi-PurposeFacility, as well as things at the neighboring Hansel King SportsComplex.

“The second group is those traveling the I-55, I-20, I-10 andHighway 84 corridors looking for a one- to two-night pull-in stay,”Jordan said. “Due to the ease of our location off the interstate,and partnering with the chamber of commerce, we’re looking to tryto bring in some RV clubs that travel by using the multi-purposebuilding as an amenity to the RV park, instead of just the RV parkas an amenity to the building.”

The facility already hosts rodeos and livestock events, as wellproms, balls, weddings and wedding receptions, family reunions andother gatherings. Multi-purpose officials said the commission aimshost car shows, gun shows and other trade events at the facility inthe future.

“We just want to make sure we’re hitting all the areas we can,”Jordan said. “The main thing here is that we want to have afacility that Lincoln and the surrounding counties can be proud ofand utilize to fit each and every person’s needs.”

Jordan also complimented Dungan Engineering and Greenbriar fortheir work on the project so far, saying that the finished productwill definitely be one not only worth showing off, but that willbring in the tourism.

“Once it’s complete, we’ll have an open house this fall sopeople can see it,” he said. “It’s important to us that thecitizens of Lincoln County and our local businesses know that theycontinue to have a facility that is second to none in SouthwestMississippi.”