YourTown Mississippi

YourTown Mississippi
Photo by Beth Newman Wynn

May 11, 2012

Allison Winstead of the Mississippi Arts Commission and Randy Wilson of Community Design Solutions facilitate an exercise Thursday during the YourTown, Mississippi Workshop at Lake Tiak O'Khata. Presented by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development, the three-day workshop includes elected officials, economic development professionals, chamber of commerce representatives and others engaged in bettering communities throughout the state. The interactive sessions focus on community development using basic design and planning principles. Participants are producing plans for a fictitious Mississippi city called "YourTown," as they learn methods they can take home to their own communities for practical application.