| DRA funds to build Delta businesses | |
The
Delta Regional Authority, headquartered in Clarksdale, has awarded
a grant of $255,500 to Delta State University. These funds will
support a two-year Business Retention and Expansion program in
Bolivar, Coahoma, and Washington Counties. A press conference
has been scheduled for March 19 at 1 p.m. in the Recital Hall
of the Bologna Performing Arts Center on campus. |
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| Scott
Luth, Executive Director, Cleveland/Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce
said, "The purpose of this program is to help local chambers
of commerce and industrial development foundations implement strategies
that will reduce the number of jobs that are being lost in the tri-county
area and to help create new jobs within existing private sector firms
and in the public sector. We hope to mobilize teams of local leaders
from the private and public sectors in each county so they will become
more engaged in helping our local firms grow." Tommy Hart, Director of the Industrial Foundation of Washington County said, "Through this effort we will mobilize local support from the private and public sectors in each of the three counties so that existing businesses and manufacturing firms will be able to respond more effectively to the demands being placed on them by the highly competitive global economy. We will seed technical assistance from a team of economic development experts who have had success with Business Retention and Expansion programs in other parts of the country." Ron Hudson, Director of the Clarksdale/Coahoma Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Foundation said, "Most of the new jobs created in rural America are in existing firms. Thus, it makes sense that we give priority to doing all that we can to help firms that are already here and who love the Delta adjust to the new challenges that they face. When community organizations support existing businesses and manufacturing firms so they can prosper, new firms are likely to be attracted the community. This program will offer a new and practical opportunity for local leaders and citizens in each of the three counties to do all they can to support their major employers." Dr. Hales stated, "Several graduate students in DSU's community development program will work in the program under the guidance of county leaders and Dr. Jerry Robinson, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology, who will serve as program leader." For more information contact Brent D. Hales, DSU, 662-846-4339, Tommy Hart, Greenville, 662-334-2652, Ron Hudson, Cleveland, 662-627-7337, Scott Luth, Cleveland, 662-843-2712 or Jerry Robinson, DSU, 662-846-4359. |
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| Southern Home Ideas Expo scheduled to begin next Friday |
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Annual Southern Home Ideas Expo is scheduled to kick off on Friday
March 21, much to the joy of Delta residents and the many vendors
who come to display their wares and services. This year's event
marks the eleventh "Home Show" to be held in Cleveland.
Anne Dillworth of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce says, "Each
year the Home Show gets better and better, and this year will be
no exception." The Southern Home Ideas Expo includes items
for any aspect of the home from construction materials to accessory-type
items such as lamps, pictures, and ceramics. Vendors who display
at the Home Ideas Expo come from throughout the region, and Dillworth
says many vendors come from as far away as Jackson to participate.
The sponsors of this year's event are: CableOne, 92.9 WDTL FM, 95
Rock, Star 101.9, WDSK 1410, Duro-Last Roofing, Inc., Entergy, Jammin
104, Kossman's Inc., Majic 107.5, Max 99, MMC materials Inc., Roy
Collins Construction, The Light of the Delta 1490, The Bolivar
Commercial, Viking Range, WABG-TV6, and WXVT-15. Admission
for the event is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children 12 and
under. |
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| The Brown Box opens inside Cleveland Commons |
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Formerly
known as the Downtown Grocery, the eatery located inside the Cleveland
Commons has recently come under the ownership of Cleveland native
Desira Warrington. Along with this change, the establisment has
been newly christened as The Brown Box, and many expansions have
been made from the menu to gift items avaible for sale. |
 Desira Warrington |
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addition, Warrington says there are new choices on the menu. "We
have not removed anything from the menu, " she says, "but
we have several new items including quiche, pasta salad, and numerous
desserts." Warrington notes, with total modesty, that the coconut
cake which she makes herself has gone over very well. The Brown Box is open from 10a.m. - 3p.m. on weekdays. For more information or to place and order, call The Brown Box 843-0860. |
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| Freedom Troupe to perform at Delta State |
 Following a successful performance tour of Mississippi, New York City, and Washington, DC in the Summer of 2002, the middle and high school students of the Sunflower County Freedom Project will take their original play about Civil Rights legend and Sunflower County native, Fannie Lou Hamer, to Cleveland on Friday, March 14, 2003. The play, called Five Feet Four Inches Forward, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ewing Building's Delta Room on the Delta State University campus. The play's theme explores the struggles Mrs. Hamer faced as she rose from Mississippi sharecropper to world renowned Civil Rights leader. For more information on the Sunflower County Freedom Project, please visit its web site: www.sunflowerfreedom.org or call the Executive Director, Chris Myers at 662-207-4744. |
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| Picture of the Week: | Click
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| Log jam near Pace |  |
Methodist Episcopal Church in Gunnison. Circa 1900's. Courtesy of the Walters-Boyd Family Papers at the Delta State University Archives. From Reflections of Bolivar County by The Bolivar Commercial.
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School Cradle
2 the Grave The
Hunted Other: Charles W. Capps Archives Museum Schedule: Spring 2003 March
2nd – April 11th Sat
15th One
Block East (Greenville) Sat
15th
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