by Associated Press Published: June 13,2013
Tags: close, community development, cultural tourism, culture, damage, disaster recovery, history, hurricane, Museum, natural disaster, rain, reopen, storm, storm surge, tourism, tourist, tropical, visitor, wind, wund
PASCAGOULA — The Scranton Museum will reopen the weekend of June 21, after being closed for 15 years. The museum, set up on a shrimp boat, has been closed since Hurricane Georges hit in 1998, causing substantial damage to the vessel. Ann Burgo, Pascagoula event specialist and Scranton Museum director who began running the museum [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 10,2013
Tags: artist, award, cultural heritage, culture, education, higher education, history, Museum, music, musician, postsecondary education, record, recording
CLEVELAND — The Grammy Museum Mississippi will showcase the state’s role in developing blues, country and genres that shaped American music. Officials are breaking ground tomorrow for the museum. It will be at the south end of the Delta State University golf course, off of Mississippi Highway 8 in Cleveland. The museum is scheduled to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: crude oil, culture, energy, gas, gasoline, historic, history, natural gas, Oil, oil drilling, oil exploration, oilfield, petroleum
NATCHEZ — Mayor Butch Brown says a drilling company has changed its mind about drilling for oil on a historic site at Natchez. The Natchez Democrat reports Brown told the Board of Aldermen that Mike Biglane of RMB Exploration has decided not to drill on the historic Arlington property. Brown said he has learned that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: convention, cultural tourism, culture, historic, history, home, management, meeting, preservation, restoration, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
OXFORD — The Cedar Oaks Mansion and L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum were once dilapidated buildings in danger of either being torn down or falling down on their own until concerned citizens got together to save the two homes from disrepair. The Cosmopolitan and Centennial clubs revived Cedar Oaks and the Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation bought [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: apartment, Commercial Real Estate, community devellopment, culture, developer, development, downtown, historic, history, loft, real estate, residential real estate
HATTIESBURG — If Daniel Jussely and Rob Tatum have their way, downtown Hattiesburg soon will be a cultural hub of “urbanite lifestyle” in Mississippi. As co-owners of Hub City Lofts, Jussely and Tatum are rejuvenating two of the Hub City’s oldest buildings, converting them into more than 50 loft-style apartments and more than 14,000 square [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — Historic preservationists are trying to figure out how to keep the owners of historic buildings in Greenville from making unauthorized changes. The discussion was sparked by the unauthorized removal of the stucco facade of a downtown building earlier this month, the Delta Democat Times reports. Owners didn’t get a city permit or consult [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2013
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, culture, Heritage, history, music, musician, ranch, real estate, recording star, rock and roll, singer, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, vocalist
HERNANDO — A group of Elvis Presley fans wants to preserve the memory of the king’s cowboy side by finding a buyer for a DeSoto County ranch to make it a destination for visitors. Elvis bought the roughly 150-acre Circle G ranch in 1967 as a place to ride horses and get away from Graceland. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2013
Tags: cultural tourism, culture, Heritage, historic, history, national park, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Saturday marks the paradoxical 75th anniversary of one of Natchez’s oldest connections with civilization. The National Park Service will mark this weekend the day (May 18) in 1938 when the NPS assumed control of the historic Old Natchez Road — today known as the Natchez Trace Parkway — and began turning the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2013
Tags: culture, fan, festival, Heritage, music, music festival, rain, stage, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, Weather, wind
GULFPORT — Organizers of a weekend music festival in Gulfport say it drew 25,000 fans, despite high wind and rain. The Sun Herald reports the Gulfport Music Festival’s first day on Friday came within an hour of being cancelled due to bad weather. And it was almost shut down Saturday when workers discovered the main [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, buy, culture, eatery, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, food, history, purchase, restaurant, Restaurateur, sale, sell
NATCHEZ — A new owner plans to breathe new life into one of Natchez’s oldest structures. Natchez native, chef and restaurateur Regina Charboneau, her husband Doug and their son Jean Luc recently purchased King’s Tavern. Over the next several months, the family plans to clean up the property and eventually reopen the restaurant as early [...] [...]
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