JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn announced a recent agreement between Rankin County and the City of Jackson regarding the land surrounding the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.
It is important for the public to understand that this agreement does not transfer or surrender any City of Jackson property. The City of Jackson continues to own all airport lands, including the surrounding acreage. What has changed is simply the incorporation status of that land, allowing Jackson, Pearl, and Flowood to legally include portions of the land within their municipal boundaries for purposes of planning and taxation.
For Jackson, this means new opportunity where there was none before. Currently, this area is not incorporated and therefore generates no sales or property t