Cartoons – November 28, 2011 
by Ricky Nobile Published: November 27,2011
Tags: Main Street, Mississippi, ricky nobile, Wall Street
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Cartoons – November 28, 2011
Main Street turns attention to blighted properties
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2011
Tags: blighted properties, brownfields, commercial property, Commercial Real Estate, community development, downtown, downtown development, economic development, Main Street, Mississippi Economic Development Council Inc., real estate, retail, stores, tourism, vacant property
GULFPORT — Now that downtown historic storefronts have been renovated, drawing new tenants and customers, Gulfport’s Main Street director is turning her attention to vacant lots potentially contaminated by petroleum or hazardous chemicals. The city wants to identify and assess contaminated properties that can be returned to productivity, generating jobs and tax revenue. Lisa Bradley, executive director [...] [...]
Coast city joins Mississippi Main Street Association
by MBJ Staff Published: October 25,2011
Tags: community development, downtown, downtown development, economic development, Main Street, merchants, municipal government, retail, toutism, visitors
PASS CHRISTIAN — Tomorrow, the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) will designate the City of Pass Christian as an official Main Street Community. The designation is made possible through a partnership between MMSA and BP America. The designation ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. in the City Court Building at 105 Hiern Avenue. Pass Christian will [...] [...]
Read the October 17th issue of the MBJ online
by MBJ Staff Published: October 13,2011
Tags: Canton, Digital Editions, Eat Healthy Mississippi, economy, Main Street, MBJ, Mississippi Business Journal, retail, transportation, travel
EAT HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI … In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough takes a look at the new Eat Healthy Mississippi initiative, which will connect local growers to restaurants and promote healthy eating, is underway. The Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA) recently learned it had received a grant of more than $83,000 from the U.S. Department of [...] [...]
Main Street getting funding from new BP partnership
by MBJ Staff Published: October 4,2011
Tags: community development, downtowns, energy, environment, Main Street, merchants, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, retail
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) has formed a new partnership with BP America across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. With funding from BP, MMSA will work in the existing Main Street communities on the Coast and also bring in two new communities to the Main Street program. The seven existing Gulf Coast [...] [...]
Brangenberg service honored
by MBJ Staff Published: June 19,2011
Tags: 2011 National Main Street Conference, Debbie Brangenberg, Main Street
Debbie Brangenberg was recently honored at the 2011 National Main Street Conference for her long-term career in Main Street. Brangenberg has 22 years of service as a Main Street professional in Mississippi and has served as the executive director of the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association since 1991. Brangenberg has also been recognized for her service [...] [...]
Starkville isn’t the same old sleepy Starkville that most Mississippians knew 20 years ago
by Nash Nunnery Published: April 17,2011
This is not your daddy’s sleepy, little college town. For the past two decades, merchants in downtown Starkville have quietly transformed a city that was considered to be a poor third behind other Mississippi college towns such as Oxford and Hattiesburg. No more. Award-winning restaurants, boutique retail and other specialty shops and attractions are the rule rather than [...] [...]
Starkville becomes 50th Main Street community
by Wally Northway Published: September 2,2010
Tags: downtown, Main Street, retail
STARKVILLE — On Sept. 9, the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) will officially designate the City of Starkville as a Main Street Community. The designation ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership (GSDP) office in downtown Starkville. Starkville will become the 50th Main Street Community in Mississippi and the only [...] [...]
Fresh food
by Wally Northway Published: May 23,2010
Tags: farmers market, Main Street, Mississippi
Mississippi’s farmers markets play role in community development In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dita McCarthy, a veteran vegetable-grower, was urged by friends to carry her produce to a farmers market on the Coast. She was hoping to just make a little extra money. Instead, it turned into a career-changer. “I was overwhelmed by the response,” McCarthy said. The [...] [...]
Program pushes downtown walking
by Nash Nunnery Published: October 28,2009
Tags: health, Main Street, retail, state agency
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — From the hills of Northeast Mississippi to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coast, residents from across the state are invited to bring their most comfortable shoes and go walking. Sponsored by the Main Street Mississippi Association (MSMA), the second annual "Let’s Go Walkin’ Down Main Street Mississippi" will be celebrated [...] [...]
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