What We Do
Through our Senatobia Main Street organization, the Tate County Economic Development Foundation provides leadership and assistance for business development and community development projects concentrated in the historic downtown district of Senatobia. We encourage our citizens to buy local and keep dollars here at home, and we want to attract others to experience the highest level of quality of life in the traditional heart of our county seat.
If you agree with the time-tested approach of the National Main Street Center, Mississippi Main Street Association and 50 other successful Mississippi Main Street Communities, please join us as we begin a new era of the Senatobia Main Street program.
Senatobia Main Street’s mission is to revitalize and restore downtown Senatobia to an active gathering place and a thriving business community. If you have driven downtown lately, you can see that they are doing just that. New store fronts are popping up and buildings are being restored in part from Façade Grants from Main Street, a new mural at the corner of Front and Main and a forward momentum that we haven’t seen in recent years. Senatobia Main Street Board and their director have been busy changing the face of downtown Senatobia.
History
In 2012, the City of Senatobia applied for and was accepted as a Certified Local Government (CLG) by the National Park Service through the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. This significant designation will aid our Main Street program in partnering with the local historic preservation commission to oversee the integrity of our historic district and rehabilitation projects. Historic preservation is foundational to downtown revitalization, and Senatobia Main Street will serve as a partner of the local preservation commission and supporter of downtown property owners and businesses.
In 2013, the Tate County Economic Development Foundation formed a committee within the EDF Board to oversee several programs of work, including Main Street. The EDF is committed to supporting and aiding the Main Street program to refocus on developing downtown Senatobia by working with the Mississippi Main Street Association and all Senatobia Main Street stakeholders. We are treating this program essentially as a “new” Main Street program in order to reorganize and grow the program to become more efficient and sustainable.
2024 Main Street Board
- Matt Crick, Chair
- Jamie Sowell
- Dr. Caleb Alford
- Megan Boyles
- Casey Cade
- Mary Dade Ford
- Dr. Greg Graves
- Jennifer Hammons
- Miriam Rowan
- Mollie Spencer
- Jeff Underwood
