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Experience an Upcoming Moss Point Event
August 22 - October 31 Riverfront Park
October 6 Downtown Riverfront
October 24 Riverfront Park
BBQ and Music/Blues-inspired event October 10, each event accomplishes something larger than entertainment. This energy creates opportunities for people to reconnect with one another and themselves. That simple act of gathering builds confidence.
It reminds longtime residents why they love living here. It introduces newcomers to the community. It encourages visitors to return. It gives local businesses opportunities to thrive. Over time, those moments become something much larger than a calendar of events. They become momentum.
Much of that momentum is being fueled
by Moss Point Main Street, an organization providing the behind-the-scenes connective tissue between volunteers, businesses, civic leaders, nonprofit organizations, sponsors and residents who share a common vision for downtown.
While the concerts, festivals and beautification projects are the most visible expressions of that work, Main Street is the engine making it happen. Countless meetings, partnerships, grant applications, volunteer hours and conversations are helping move good ideas forward.
“People often see the concerts and festivals,” says Executive Director Sue Wright, “but what they’re really seeing
is a community investing in itself. Every partnership, every volunteer and every sponsor helps create opportunities for people to gather, connect and believe in what’s possible for downtown Moss Point.”
That shared vision recently received an important affirmation. This summer, Moss Point was funded for a $500,000 Mississippi
Moss Point Main Street
Sue Wright, Executive Director
4836 Main St., Moss Point, MS 39563 (228) 217-3277 mosspointmainstreet.org
Main Street Revitalization Grant, funding that will support landscaping, public art, decorative streetscape enhancements, crosswalk improvements and other beautification projects surrounding downtown and Riverfront Park. This award affirmed the vision and the work
of many that will now come to life preparation meeting opportunity.
“The funding didn’t create the vision. It affirmed it.”
Local businesses are choosing downtown, community partners are stepping forward, sponsors are investing, volunteers are showing up, and residents are supporting local events. All of it is amping up the current of energy and creating something people can feel.
It’s found in conversations before a concert begins. In children dancing near the stage. In neighbors lingering after
an event ends. In visitors discovering a downtown they may not have experienced before.And in the quiet confidence that comes from seeing a community believe in itself.
The story of Moss Point is still being written. Along the riverbanks where generations have gathered before them, a new current is carrying that story forward. And it’s inviting others to become part of it.
*(Note, the Audubon Center is currently undergoing repairs but its work in the community continues.)
Sue Wright
Executive Director Moss Point Main Street
Sponsors
Building Momentum
A $500,000 Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant will support continued investment in downtown Moss Point.
• Landscaping improvements
• Decorative streetscape enhancements • Public art
• Crosswalk improvements
• Pole banners and beautification
• Enhancements surrounding
Riverfront Park
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