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The Silent Partner: Commercial Development Authority board responsible for Oxford’s growth [LINK/Lead]
Posted February 2, 2010
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This series is an in-depth look at how the CDA helped grow the O, and how its board has multiple connections to Oxford Mayor Leon Smith.
OXFORD — Five years ago, there was little but an overgrown wooded area south of Interstate 20’s exit 188.
Today the once-empty space is dominated by the city’s new economic engine, the Oxford Exchange, with its rows of name-brand, big-box retailers and parking lots full of cars driven by shoppers whose money fills the city’s swelling coffers.