Downtown Vicksburg in the News!
2007-2008

'People would kill ... to have what you have in Vicksburg'

[01/29/08] Vicksburg's downtown is the envy of all other Mississippi communities, said Mississippi Main Street Association central district director Jan Miller.

"People would kill in other towns to have what you have in Vicksburg," she told a group of downtown business owners and community members Monday evening at the Vicksburg Main Street Annual Meeting at The Ware House Sports Grill.

Miller, who lives in Columbus and arrived in Vicksburg Sunday night to look around the downtown area, said people who live here should be proud of what they have. (more)

Vicksburg Main Street Program
Receives National Main Street Accreditation  

The efforts of the Vicksburg Main Street Program over the past year has earned it recognition for commercial district revitalization by meeting standards for performance set by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Main Street Center.  The Vicksburg Main Street Program joins 625 other Main Street revitalization programs nationally recognized as 2006 Accredited National Main Street Programs.   

“The National Accreditation means the Vicksburg Main Street Program is meeting our national standards of performance for what a Main Street Program should be doing,” said Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust’s Main Street Center.  “The organizations we name each year as National Main Street Programs are those that have demonstrated the skills needed to succeed in Main Street revitalization.”  

New walking map available for visitors to downtown [08/14/07]
Vicksburg Main Street has a new offering for downtown visitors: a map to guide their walk through the downtown area. The map, offered for free at downtown businesses, is color-coded by street. On the back of the brochure-style folding map, each business is listed by number under the colored street name.  (more)

Residents, visitors say city efforts paying off 
[05/06/07]
When 27-year-old Vicksburg native Jill Ashley moved home to Vicksburg in August after nine years away, a lot had changed, she said. Fresh flowers, clean sidewalks, beds of trees and greenery meant a fresher, cleaner" looking Vicksburg.  (more)

New signs lead downtown, announce events 
[05/02/07]
Signs promoting community events and one leading tourists downtown are making a debut on Vicksburg roads. Mayor Laurence Leyens says it's one part of a beautification effort he has pushed since he took office in 2001 and a series of sign ordinances and amendments brought confusion and dissent.  (more)