The Jackson City Council approved the name change for the city ’s Department of Neighborhood and Economic Operations at its Tuesday, May 10 meeting. The name change was prompted by the abbreviation for the department – NEO – gaining a connotation with the term neo -Nazi, city officials said . The department , now called the Community Development Department , is responsible for providing all services necessary when acquiring, repairing, building and improving residential and commercial properties in the city . This includes zoning issues and tax credits to property inspections and designating historic sites. The office took the NEO...