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DDA not eligible for stamped concrete; MDOT to lay grass

By CHARITY SMITH

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BESSEMER - Several people came to the Bessemer Downtown Development Authority meeting on Wednesday evening to hear a discussion about the possibility of purchasing colored, stamped concrete to be laid down along U.S. 2 as part of the ongoing highway reconstruction project.

The idea was to fill the space between the curb and sidewalk with the concrete instead of grass from Mill Street to Peck Street, and the DDA was going to pay for it.

However, the discussion never occurred as Mayor Adam Zak, who was in favor of the concrete, said they had discovered...