http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060123/NEWS01/601230302/1002

Getting organized
Residents join forces to confront issues


...But Padgett said he doesn't want to wait until something like this happens again before his neighborhood starts talking about issues.

"I don't want to be a radical, but I also don't want to get run over all the time," he said. "Nobody out here has taken the bull by the horns."...

..."The key is getting people in the community involved so they do come out when issues arise," Arnold said. "If you don't have a voice, you can miss the boat like these people did with USM. But if you already have a nucleus, you can respond quickly to these issues."...

[sidebar on the issues]

...Industrial park: The construction of the University of Southern Mississippi's Innovation and Commercialization Park at the former university golf course has some residents concerned about the future of the neighborhood....