Economic Impact (2025)
- 361 New Business
- 73 Business Expansion
- 834 New Jobs
- 139 Façade Rehabs
- 1,526 Downtown Living Spaces
- 115 New Construction Projects Completed
- 116 Public Improvement Projects Completed
- $78,243,814 Public Dollars Invested
- $130,953,055 Private Dollars Invested
- 87,023 Volunteer Hours
Featured Event
June 16: Annual Awards Luncheon in Jackson
Annual Awards Luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
Doors open at 11 AM for pre-luncheon sips!
The South | Jackson, MS
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Main Street News
Featured Community
Meridian
Meridian is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi. Established in 1860, at the junction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway of Mississippi, Meridian built an economy based on the railways and goods transported on them, and it became a strategic trading center. Union Station, built in 1906, is now a multi-modal center, with access to Amtrak and Greyhound Buses averaging 242,360 passengers per year. Although the economy slowed with the decline of the railroad industry, the city has diversified, with healthcare, military, and manufacturing employing the most people in 2010. The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience (the MAX) is located in downtown Meridian. Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music", was born in Meridian.
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Our Mission
The Mississippi Main Street Association is the catalyst for the preservation and economic revitalization of Mississippi’s historic downtowns and traditional commercial districts.
The Mississippi Main Street Association provides visionary leadership to Mississippi’s most storied places. We foster economic and community development through strategies that promote community engagement, pride of place, and quality design to achieve long-term economic growth. MMSA empowers Mississippi’s local Main Street leaders to create vibrant places and thriving economies by implementing the Main Street Approach — organization, design, promotion, and economic vitality.
