Can Natchez have hi-tech and history together?
By Ben Hillyer (Contact) | The Natchez Democrat Published Friday, November 9, 2007 Natchez is facing one of the biggest issues to hit cities across the United States in years. If you took a quick spin through cyberspace you might be surprised to discover that the matter facing city councils from New York to California is not crime or taxes, but the digital billboard. Last week, the Natchez Planning Commission recommended that these signs be banned in the city’s proposed development code. You don’t have travel very far from Natchez to see one of these new high-tech signs. They are popping up all over the South including two in Baton Rouge. In the past two years, Lamar Advertising has become the leader in converting old billboards into what amounts to large LED television sets beside the road. According to the advertising industry, Lamar has been giving a digital makeover to signs across the nation at a rate of 28 per month in both small towns and large metropolitan areas. At about the s
