June 26, 2025

COLUMBUS, MS Got some stuff to talk about today! First, we’d like to give a shoutout to our good friends at PennyRidge Grocery – Columbus up on Ridge Road! It’s a small, family-run gas station that also serves up great food starting at 6AM every morning (breakfast pizzas and biscuits), and they’re always getting new […] Read More . . .

June 19, 2025

COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of the Dispatch We at GfB ask that you join us in congratulating Barbara Bigelow, Executive Director of Main Street Columbus, Inc., for winning the Charles Beasley Outstanding Main Street Director of the Year Award. This is the highest honor that the collective statewide Main Street associations can give. Bigelow has […] Read More . . .

June 5, 2025

COLUMBUS, MS — Courtesy of the Dispatch and Mary Pollitz For 20 years, Laura Vernon has imagined the perfect pilates studio space. Now, it’s all coming together. Local Studio Pilates owner Laura Vernon has announced her new venture: Ignite Infrared Studio. Located at 1507 Hwy. 45, the new location will include many of the same […] Read More . . .

March 14, 2025

CLAY COUNTY, MS — Courtesy of the Dispatch and Cullen Paradis The Tennessee Valley Authority is looking into the potential impact of a proposed solar power plant to be placed North of West Point, and they want yo hear from you! They have begun gathering info about environmental concerns such as the potential effects on […] Read More . . .

February 3, 2025

ACKERMAN, MS – Courtesy of WTVA Local timber producer Southeastern Timber Products has announced their plans to expand their physical plant, adding a new sawmill, new kilns, storage facilities, and – best of all – forty new jobs! This is expected to more than double their processing capacity from about 120 million board feet/yr to […] Read More . . .

January 16, 2025

COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of The Dispatch and Abigail Sipe Rochester Main Street Columbus, Inc.’s Barbara Bigelow recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Columbus about our downtown area, which now has an impressive 96% occupancy rate! Of this, she said, “We have a very active downtown. . . It’s not because of me. I […] Read More . . .

December 19, 2024

STARKVILLE, MS – Courtesy of The Dispatch and Cullen Paradis The Altus Equity Group recently purchased the old Flexsteel property, and has plans to redevelop it into multiple plots, to include an industrial park, pickleball courts, and more; Flexteel shut down in 2020 after 35 years of furniture production. The property is located at 212 […] Read More . . .

November 5, 2024

Wilkins Refresh Cleaning Service (https://wilkinsrefreshcleaning.com/about-us/) is a local commercial cleaning service that operates out of Starkville and offers services to the entire Golden Triangle area, as well as Amory and Tupelo. They have a small, but hard-working crew of dedicated workers and they are looking to expand their client list. Owner Michael Wilkins took the […] Read More . . .

October 5, 2024

WEST POINT, MS – Courtesy of The Dispatch/Staff The award-winning Old Waverly Club and Mossy Oak Course have been sold to an investment group focused on golf courses, per their press release: “The Golf Clubs of Mississippi [LLC], along with the Bryan family are committed to continue this unique experience as one of the best […] Read More . . .

October 4, 2024

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, MS – Courtesy of The Dispatch and EmmaMcRae Development firm Forest Street Partners recently announced that a 98-acre area just off of Hwy 182 (next to Triangle Drywall Supply) is under way in East Oktibbeha County in order to provide reasonably-priced housing for future workers in local industry, education, and more. The idea […] Read More . . .

September 25, 2024

LOWNDES COUNTY, MS – Courtesy of WCBI Gregg Whigham of Aluminum Dynamics recently addressed the Starkville Rotary Club. He was there to give a progress report on the mill itself and the hiring process there: “We have currently over 1,400 contractors working on site everyday alongside of our almost 400 aluminum dynamics employees,” said Whigham. […] Read More . . .

September 18, 2024

Originally published June 1, 2019 GOLDEN TRIANGLE, MS – Courtesy of The Atlantic The Golden Triangle of Mississippi — the ambitiously industrializing northeastern region including Columbus, West Point, and Starkville — is serving as an example to other areas on how to do things right. Among the many ambitious projects in of the area is […] Read More . . .

September 7, 2024

COLUMBUS, MS – Courtesy of WCBI Tolbert Burford, a Memphis native, began learning to repair electrical motors in the 1920’s. By the late ’50s, he had struck out on his own and landed in Columbus, where he founded Burford Electric Service, Inc. Today, three generations later, the business is still thriving in family hands and […] Read More . . .

August 15, 2024

GTR Region, MS – Courtesy of the Magnolia Tribune and Lynne Jeter Mark Castleberry, originally from California, has been bringing businesses and investment into the Golden Triangle area since the early 1990s. Today, he’s one of the state’s most successful developers, with many projects under his belt, from The Mill at MSU and the Triangle […] Read More . . .