The Greater Starkville Development Partnership announced its 2020 Annual Award recipients during this morning’s 20th anniversary virtual award ceremony. Strange Brew Coffeehouse was honored as the business of the year with the R. Clay Simmons Exemplary Enterprise Award, and Nellah Taylor received the T.E. Veitch Community Service Award, the highest community service recognition within the Starkville Community. The Convention and … [Read more...]
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Partnership to Virtually host Annual Awards on February 25
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership has announced a date and new time for its Annual Awards Banquet, which will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Partnership plans to premier the live stream of this year's event on its Facebook page on Thursday, February 25th at 10:00 a.m. CST. Chamber businesses are encouraged to watch the presentation the morning of the 25th as it broadcasts live. This year's event … [Read more...]
Get Help With Free Webinars & Workshops for Small Businesses
The Mississippi Small Business Development Center has released their Spring schedule of events for webinars to help support small businesses. Webinars include well-known speakers teaching tools needed by business owners to support COVID-19 relief efforts, as well as topics for future entrepreneurs wanting to start their own businesses. Currently the MSBDC has over 20 workshops planned in the first two months of 2021. Seating is … [Read more...]
Partnership Supports University’s Alumni-Owned Business Directory
The Partnership is excited to once again partner with our friends and fellow alumni at the Mississippi State University Alumni Association to further promote the association's new online business directory. The new directory is specifically for alumni who own their own businesses and for alumni and friends who are looking to support alumni-owned businesses. Director of Membership, Hunter Harrington says, "The more the Partnership can do … [Read more...]
Black Friday & Small Business Saturday in Starkville
On Friday retailers in Mississippi's College Town will participate in a city-wide shopping promotion - Black Friday Bonanza! Typically hosted in years when the city hosts the Egg Bowl, 2020 has driven in on the all-important reason to support local, so this year retailers are offering shoppers one-of-a-kind discounts during the holiday season. There are so many great #BlackFriday deals during this week's Black Friday Bonanza. Sales begin … [Read more...]
Celebrate Starkville’s Success.. Annual Award Nominations Now Available
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership is proud to celebrate its 20th anniversary at our 2021 Annual Awards Banquet tentatively set for Thursday, February 25, 2021. The festivities will highlight a cumulative celebration of the organization's last 20 years. The annual awards banquet of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership is a great way to honor member businesses, individuals and stakeholders who have impacted the community … [Read more...]
Starkville Gets ‘Swept Up’ for 17th Annual Event
Starkville's 17th Annual Get Swept Up event proved to be yet another huge success. Various businesses, as well as community and civic organizations came together to pickup trash on Wednesday, September 2 throughout the Starkville area. Due to COVID-19, supply pick up times varied and were staggered throughout the two days prior to the event. Over 529 volunteers participated this year and were able to cover nearly every major street of … [Read more...]
Starkville receives Pair of Mississippi Main Street Annual Awards
The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) celebrated achievements of Mississippi Main Street Communities with a special virtual Annual Awards presentation this year. MMSA staff presented the 2020 awards from the Old Capitol Inn in downtown Jackson via Facebook Live. The annual awards honors Main Street directors, board members and volunteers and recognizes the most outstanding downtown development projects from Main Street communities in … [Read more...]
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