Meridian
Designated Community since 1985
Meridian Main Street
Matt Schanrock, Director
Contact Information
P.O. Box 790
Meridian, MS 39302
Phone 1: 601.693.1306
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Meridian Main Street to design, implement, and oversee a coordinated plan that will revitalize our community’s heart, its downtown.
About 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.
Annual Events
- Buds + Burgers
- Art +Exchange
- Downtown After 5 Alive
- Earth's Bounty
