MCM at LeFleur’s park

The Northside Sun reports:

Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) officials announced plans for a groundbreaking ceremony on August 8 with the museum opening in early 2010 at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park. More than $18.5 million has been committed to the museum’s capital campaign for the 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility.

Read the full story here: Groundbreaking for new museum scheduled Aug. 8 at LeFleur’s park

JFP: "The 2008 Chicks We Love"

Belhaven neighbor Lara Law is featured in the Jackson Free Press's "2008 Chicks We Love."

Fortification Street and the Battle of Jackson

Dr. Roger Parrott at Belhaven College blogs about the neighborhood's work on Fortification Street, and how that thoroughfare got its name during the Battle of Jackson: Belhaven Neighborhood, Fortification Street, and the Civil War in our Front Yard