Thomas Gregory
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@TomRoyGreg
Executive Director of @MSMainStreet. Mississippi Delta born and raised. Tweets are my own.
The @MSMainStreet includes 53 communities across our state that work every day to keep our economy running. I introduced the Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act with @SenAlexPadilla to provide support to local economic development.
@MSMainStreet is the way to manage the inevitable change and revitalize downtown communities. Thank you, Thomas Gregory, for speaking at the #EconLeadersForum.
Doing some processing this morning about how Mississippi lawmakers removed the state flag, the last in the nation featuring the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been a wild few days. Here’s a thread.
MORE: Mississippi's HC 79 creates a commission to redesign the state flag by by Sept. 14, and lets voters choose the final design in a special election on Nov. 3. The resolution needs a two-thirds majority in the Senate before heading to Governor @tatereeves for his signature
For four decades, there has been promised rebirth of what was once the central business district for Jackson’s African American community — Farish Street. In those years, almost nothing has changed. mississippitoday.org/2019/12/11/wha…
