by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: Central Business District, community development, culture, downtown, Heritage, history, merchant, retail, shop, shopper, shopping, store
TUPELO — Officials are starting a campaign to have the downtown declared a national historic district. Officials with the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association tell the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that group will do a historic resources survey to see if the central business district has enough buildings to support the designation. Main Street went [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2012
Tags: Central Business District, community development, downtowns, economic development, merchants, retail, small businesses, tourism, tourists, visitors
LONG BEACH — Members of the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) Economic Development Resource Team will reveal a new look and plans for the central business district of Long Beach April 16. The public presentation will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus in the Fleming Education Center, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 10,2011
Tags: bonds, Central Business District, convention and visitors bureau, downtowns, economic development, entertainment, hotels, lodging, meetings and conventions, night clubs, restaurants, tourism, tourists, visitors
JACKSON — The Jackson Redevelopment Authority could soon issue $107 million in bonds for three economic development projects — including two that have endured a host of delays. The Clarion-Ledger reports the bonds will go toward financing a hotel to be built across from the Jackson Convention Complex, the Farish Street Entertainment District and a [...] [...]

Unoccupied space just up at 1.8 million square feet compared to 1.78 million square feet unoccupied in the previous quarter Metro Jackson’s office market ended the first quarter in much the same fashion as the fourth quarter, with the submarkets of Lakeland Drive and Interstate-55/County Line Road showing slight occupancy increases and the Central Business [...] [...]