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COASTNOTES
RETURNS TO JONES PARK
story by Kelsey Sunderman-Foster photos courtesy of Gulfport Music Festival
October 6 and 7 marks the return of the Gulfport Music Festival to Jones Park. The musical lineup features Mississippi-based 3 Doors Down, as well as artists Shaggy, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Fuel, Cracker, House
of Pain, Sister Hazel, Bubba Sparxxx, Quad City DJs, Shallow Side and Wild Fire. The two-day festival will be filled with great food, music, and entertainment.
The festival was suspended for 2015 in the hope of regrouping to make the event more affordable. “Being able to produce the Gulfport Musical Festival
and bringing so many well-known artists to the Gulf Coast for two days of music and fun, while keeping our ticket prices affordable, was our main goal for 2017,” Alpha Media Vice President Ricky Mitchell said.
Weekend passes will cost $35 plus tax and fees. Children’s tickets will be available at the gate for $10 per day. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com
“We are excited about the return of the Gulfport Music Festival to the city and Jones Park,” said Chris Vignes with the city of Gulfport. “This year’s
lineup is sure to draw tens of thousands to our Mississippi Gulf
Coast.”
The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce’s 9th Annual ANCHOR Awards honor, reward and celebrate the achievements of outstanding small businesses and non-profit organizations in the community. The Chamber and the Chamber’s Small Business Issue Manager Group recognize that small businesses and non-profit organizations are the “anchors” that make the community successful. Small businesses
make up nearly 85 percent of
the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce membership.
Troy Ross, president of the Jackson County Board of Supervisors, was this year’s keynote speaker. A graduate of the University of Mississippi with a degree in Political Science, he served as alderman-at-large for Ocean Springs before being elected a supervisor in 2012, and was a commander, Mississippi Army National Guard and Scout Platoon Leader, Najaf, Iraq.
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ANNOUNCED IN JACKSON CO.
story by Lynn Lofton
The 2017 recipients of the ANCHOR Awards are :
Small Business Category 1
Compton Engineering, Inc.
Small Business Category 2
Community Bank
Rookie Category
Whimsy Books & Toys, LLC
Non-Profit Category
Feeding the Gulf Coast
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce | 228.762.3391 | www.jcchamber.com
Gulfport Music Festival www.gulfportmusicfestival.com