Communities receiving STR grants include: Booneville, Carthage, Columbia, Eupora, Falcon, McComb, Pascagoula, Ripley, Saltillo, Tunica and Water Valley.
Architecture students won the award from the West Point Growth Alliance for their work transforming a downtown alleyway.
The Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center director will support each of the six communities hosting the interactive, multimedia exhibit for six weeks from August 2023 through June 2024.
The research center's street mural project can be seen along University Drive from campus to downtown.
Funding for the University Drive Corridor Connections project was provided by a $25,000 grant from the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative secured by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center on behalf of the City of Starkville in 2021 and additional center-led fundraising efforts.
The director of the Mississippi State University Carl Small Town Center talks about her dad's influence and what led to her career in design. Credit: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Office of Public Affairs and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Television Center.
A gift to Mississippi State University Athletics from the Fred and Margaret Carl Foundation memorializes °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ alumnus Christopher Leflore Carl, who died on March 13, 2021.
The City of Starkville is one of 26 cities from around the nation recently selected to receive a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Guntown hosted a public meeting as part of Guntown City Park Visioning session process to get feedback and input from community members.
Melody Moody Thortis with MPB Radio speaks with Leah Kemp, Director of the Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center at Mississippi State University in Starkville.