Originally distributed by the Hattiesburg Downtown Association Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Visitors and locals will now be greeted with colorful, new wayfinding signage in Downtown Hattiesburg as the project’s first phase of installation nears completion. Downtown Hattiesburg Association, in cooperation with its partners, is pleased to announce this latest enhancement, which includes 29 signs that identify...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – In lieu of service projects that require large group gatherings, the City of Hattiesburg is celebrating its annual MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 18, with a drive-thru mask and hand sanitizer distribution event and the #IServedHBURG challenge. “Dr. Martin Luther King once stated, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, January 14, city and county officials were joined by community leaders to break ground on the latest Your Penny at Work Project, a splash pad at Dewitt-Sullivan Park. It will be the first large-scale, publicly accessible splash area in the city, and it will be located in the Palmers Crossing...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – After several drafts and feedback from both community members and food truck owners, the City of Hattiesburg will present a Food Truck Ordinance for review and approval at the next Hattiesburg City Council meeting on January 19. This ordinance formalizes the food truck registration and operation process, creating a go-to standard for...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday, city officials released the winter/spring paving list for 2021, rounding out a paving investment of approximately $1.5 million of total paving dollars for each ward and 75 total city miles over the course of the last three and a half years. “Addressing infrastructure in our city has been a top...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Friday, January 8, city officials gathered with current and former MLB players native to the Pine Belt and community members to cut the ribbon for new batting cages at Vernon Dahmer Park – the latest Your Penny at Work project. This took place in conjunction with a distribution event coordinated by...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Five more joined the public safety ranks for the City of Hattiesburg during a joint swearing-in ceremony this morning, three for Hattiesburg Police Department and two for Hattiesburg Fire Department. “We have the two best public safety departments in the state of Mississippi. We train our firefighters and our police officers well;...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, December 31, the City of Hattiesburg filed a request for arbitration with FEMA over decisions regarding Fire Station #2, which was damaged in the 2017 tornado that wreaked havoc throughout the eastern and southern parts of the city. “We are committed to rebuilding both Fire Station #2 and Timberton Park,...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – As another layer of collaboration for Hattiesburg’s response to COVID-19, the City of Hattiesburg and the Hattiesburg Convention Commission are working with the Mississippi Department of Health to host a free testing/vaccination site at Lake Terrace Convention Center (1 Convention Center Plaza). “From the outset of this pandemic, one of our chief...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, December 31, the City of Hattiesburg will host a virtual Hub Sign Drop at hburgnye.com to usher in 2021, in lieu of a public event. “Since the first case of COVID-19 landed on our doorstep, we have worked deliberately to prioritize public health,” said Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker. “We cannot,...
