Bessemer council considers lodging, restaurant complex

By P.J. GLISSON

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BESSEMER — A Wednesday evening workshop by Bessemer city council members resulted in the following determinations:

They should consider seeking development options in a lodging and restaurant complex that could help to house tourists while also providing locals with a new culinary option.

They should address blight, especially in its most severe forms.

They should maintain a sound economic framework within which the city can operate on a year-by-year basis.

They should strive to buoy the area’s limited economy with whatever government funding, in-kind su...