(Source: The Pine Belt News) A little less than a year ago, the City of Hattiesburg-Government and the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District partnered to institute a Commercial Redevelopment Program with the goal of redeveloping vacant or blighted buildings with the of reimbursement grants.
Because of the success that program has had in Hattiesburg, the two entities and the program were recently awarded the Community Economic Development Award by the Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC).