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Improving Main Street area
 | Revitalizing Byhalia’s Main Street
Pictured,
from left: Phil Malone, mayor of Byhalia, Sarah Sawyer, executive
director, Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce, and Chamber member, Kent
Mathis, UBS Financial, working with Sam Agnew of Mississippi Main
Street Association on development of a new program to revitalize Main
Street. |
This week Byhalia mayor
Phil Malone and Sarah
Sawyer of the Byhalia Area
Chamber of Commerce
began work on a study with
the Mississippi Main Street
Association (MMSA) aimed
at the revitalization of Main
Street Byhalia.
The idea behind this
effort is to enable local business
owners and property
owners to work with professionals
from around the
state to find ways to improve
the Main Street area.
Mayor Malone says, “I
have a responsibility to the
citizens of Byhalia to bring
them access to every available
tool to help our city
grow.”
With this in mind, Sarah
Sawyer, working with her
peers in chambers of commerce
across the state,
brought the idea of this program
to the mayor’s attention.
He felt this would be a
great time for area residents
and business owners to take
advantage of the experience
gained by the work that
MMSA has done across the
State of Mississippi.
Kent Mathis, with UBS
Financial Services, a member
of the Byhalia Area
Chamber, has volunteered
to assist in taking the first
steps on this project.
Mathis will begin talking
with business owners and
residents in Byhalia to find
out the areas that they see as
important to the health of
their city.
In addition, he will be
offering the opportunity for
these people to meet with
the representatives of the
Mississippi Main Street
Association and have their
input included as a real part
of this process. Mathis
states, “No idea is too small,
no issue is unimportant. In
order for this effort to have
the desired effect, we need
everyone’s participation.”
The scheduled dates for
the Main Street charettes
will be August 31, Sept. 1-2.
If you are interested in
becoming a part of this project,
all stakeholders are
encouraged to contact the
Byhalia Area Chamber of
Commerce at 662-838-8127.
More information on this
community effort will be
forthcoming.
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