Downtown Tupelo now has an online business directory, thanks to Tupelo High School student Katie Scarlett. Read the full story from today’s paper.
Check out the online directory yourself. Find anything you didn’t know about? I didn’t realize Nostalgia Alley and The Main Attraction were two different places. Anyone been to Nostalgia Alley? What’s it like?
Highlights from today’s e-newsletter sent out by the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association:
• Stanford Financial Group is hosting a business after-hours Tuesday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The Fairpark business is at 110 East Main Street, Suite A. It’s the first building in Fairpark as you cross the tracks going toward east Tupelo.
• Tupelo Community Theatre presents Gypsy on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
• The farmers market opens Saturday. Items for sale include: Fresh baked cakes, pies and breads,
eggs, honey, plants, flowers, smoked meats and early season vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, peas, potatoes, lettuce and radishes.
• The Gum Tree Festival is Friday through Sunday.
• S.A.F.E. Emergency Family Shelter will have a fundraiser Saturday by way of a silent auction for designer handbags.
• The next Networking@Noon event is May 20 at the BancorpSouth Conference Center. Sylvester Croom, head football coach at Mississippi State University, is the speaker.
• 2007 Elvis Festival t-shirts just hit the clearance racks. DTMSA is selling one for $8 or 2 for $10.
• The Elvis Presley Fest is next month (June 6-8).
From Where to Retire Magazine:
HOUSTON, (April 10, 200
– Where to Retire magazine, the only magazine in America geared to helping people with retirement relocation decisions, has selected Tupelo, MS, to profile as a top retirement town in the May/June issue, which mails to subscribers nationwide on April 10, 2008.
According to Where to Retire editor, Mary Lu Abbott, Tupelo has many of the qualities that are important to today’s retirees. “The birthplace of Elvis Presley, Tupelo is a strong supporter of the arts with a local symphony orchestra, ballet, art museums and galleries and even an automobile museum featuring The King’s 1976 Lincoln Mark IV. It’s a regional hub offering programs that encourage retirees and other residents to start new businesses by providing classes, consultations and even small business boot camps. The nationally recognized North Mississippi Medical Center provides world-class health care, and the interconnected neighborhoods and retail spaces of the developing Fairpark District are changing the face of Tupelo’s downtown district,” Abbott said.
Each year, 700,000 Americans move to new towns to retire. Generally healthier, better educated and more affluent than retirees who stay put, relocating retirees bring significant economic benefits to their new states and hometowns. Nationally, two dozen states and hundreds of towns seek to attract retirees as a source of economic development.
The Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association is hosting a free wine-tasting event Thursday night. The event starts at 6 p.m. and will be held in conjunction with the Art for Animals fundraiser that benefits the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society.
Eleven merchants are participating in Wine Down Main. Each store will have two different wines, for a total of 22 wines to taste. All the wine must be consumed inside the stores.
DTMSA will have a table set up outside the GumTree museum with a map of participating merchants along with wine glasses, T-shirts and Art for Animals tickets for sale.
Wine Down Main replaces the Burger Bash on Broadway as the organization’s spring event.
From the Mississippi Arts Commission (note that today is the deadline to register):
JACKSON – The Mississippi Arts Commission will offer small business training in Tupelo on Oct. 16 for artists of all disciplines. Included in the workshop will be marketing ideas, assistance with pricing, taxes, record keeping and other business-related information. Instructors for the sessions are staff members of the Mississippi Development Authority, the Small Business Development Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission.
The workshop will be hosted by the GumTree Museum of Art at 211 West Main Street in Tupelo. There is no charge and lunch will be provided to those who make reservations by Tuesday. Call (601) 359-6030 for details or to make reservations.
In addition to Tupelo, the workshop will be offered in eight other Mississippi communities. Visit www.arts.state.ms.us for more information.
The Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association launched a weekly e-newsletter today.
News from the first issue:
• Renovations and extended hours at Bar-B-Q by Jim (now seats 72 and open Thursday, Friday & Saturday until 8:30 p.m.)
• “Dinner and a Movie” tonight at The Bistro on Main
• A is for Art Camp at the GumTree Museum of Art
• Downtown Tupelo Farmers’ Market
• Cellular South Networking @ Noon on July 17
To sign up for the e-newsletter, email donna@tupelomainstreet.com.
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