by JFP Staff
When local comedienne Rita Brent is not touring the southeast for her standup comedy, she is out and about in Jackson. Here are her top nine favorite local places.
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by Ko Bragg  Photo by Ko Bragg LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, often breaks out into song when she speaks to a crowd. Two weeks ago, she kicked off a bus ride from Jackson into the Mississippi Delta with a rendition of "Eyes on the Prize." Other passengers joined her, but Brown's raspy voice rose to the top.
by Mike McDonald  Bryant Grocery, the site where Emmett Till first encountered Carolyn Bryant in 1955, is a marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail and a highlighted spot on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Photo by Arielle Dreher On April 24, 1960, a group of about 125 African Americans stormed Biloxi Beach, swimming in the water and playing on the beach. It was not long before a mob of white people showed up and began assaulting the protesters. The event triggered a series of riots across the city, and the day ultimately became known as Bloody Sunday.
by Dustin Cardon  The City of Jackson’s planning and development department will debut its parklet on Congress Street, which will have outdoor furniture, bike racks and more, on Sept. 21. Photo by Jackson Department of Planning and Development Development often happens in fits and starts in Jackson, but fall 2018 should see a lot of bulldozers and hard hats around town.
by Jenna Gibson  Author Dawn Dugle releases her book, “The BRAVO! Way,” on Nov. 1. Photo by Delreco Harris. During a Friday night dinner rush at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar in November 2017, the restaurant was a madhouse. Amid the chaos was local author Dawn Dugle, observing its inner workings for her book, "The BRAVO! Way: Building a Southern Restaurant Dynasty."
by Amber Helsel  Kimberly Ruffin owns and operates local bakery Kimmiesweett, which she started as a home business around 2008 and expanded with a Northpark Mall storefront in 2017. Now located in Fannin Mart in Brandon, the bakery is growing to offer cake-decorating classes, coffee and more. Photo by Delreco Harris. Two customers gathered around the counter at Kimmiesweett in Brandon. One patiently waited as owner Kimberly Ruffin finished preparing a caramel cake—an emergency birthday cake—for another guest.
by JFP Staff  Richard Schwartz Photo by Schwartz & Associates Each year, we ask you about the best things in Jackson--from places to eat and drink to people to nonprofits and everything in between, including lawyers. Here are who you voted as 2018' Best of Jackson lawyers and law firms.
by Amber Helsel  Emily Pote, co-owner of future coffee shop and bookstore Coffee Prose in midtown, says the shop will showcase what the neighborhood has to offer. Photo by Delreco Harris. A building at the corner of West Street and Millsaps Avenue sits seemingly undisturbed, appearing like just another vacant one in midtown Jackson.
However, there's more than immediately meets the eye at the building, now dubbed The Monastery.  Improving a city starts with the neighborhoods, and luckily, some people believe in Jackson enough to not only stay, but start making changes. Photo by Amber Helsel by Amber Helsel On any given day of the week, downtown is fairly busy. There's limited parking from all the people who work in the area, and from the ones who just come for the day.
by Dustin Cardon  Smith Park in downtown Jackson reopened on Friday, April 13. The park now has fresh grass, a new stage floor, refurbished park benches and more green space. Photo by Amber Helsel Hinds Renovates Metrocenter Space
Hinds Community College and the Metrocenter Mall began renovations on March 29 to turn a 189,000-square-foot space in the southeast corner of the mall, which once housed Belk and the McRae's department, into a "Comprehensive One-Stop Center." The center will offer career-technical and workforce training programs for both high-tech training and middle-skill education. The renovations will take about six months. |
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